| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 23 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 23 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 23 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Everton | 22 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Manchester United | 23 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 23 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Leeds United | 23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 23 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Norwich City | 23 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 23 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 29 | |||