| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 27 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 28 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 28 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 30 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 26 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 28 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Leeds United | 29 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 27 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 28 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 29 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Everton | 29 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Derby County | 30 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | |||