Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Aston Villa 19 40   7 1 1 18 5   5 3 2 16 12
2 Ipswich Town 17 36   5 3 0 14 3   5 3 1 15 9
3 Liverpool 18 33   7 3 0 25 8   1 6 1 12 11
4 Arsenal 19 33   7 3 0 18 7   2 3 4 12 13
5 Everton 19 31   5 4 0 17 7   4 0 6 14 15
6 West Bromwich Albion 18 31   6 2 1 16 5   2 5 2 8 11
7 Manchester United 19 29   3 6 0 16 6   3 5 2 10 7
8 Nottingham Forest 19 29   7 0 3 23 13   1 5 3 4 8
9 Tottenham Hotspur 18 27   4 4 0 17 9   3 2 5 15 19
10 Birmingham City 18 27   5 4 1 15 8   2 2 4 10 13
11 Southampton 19 25   6 2 2 24 15   1 2 6 9 16
12 Middlesbrough 19 25   5 4 1 19 8   2 0 7 9 21
13 Stoke City 18 25   4 4 2 15 10   2 3 3 7 16
14 Coventry City 19 24   5 2 2 15 14   2 1 7 7 17
15 Sunderland 19 23   4 2 3 13 9   2 3 5 11 14
16 Manchester City 19 20   4 2 4 14 14   1 3 5 10 17
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 19   5 0 3 8 7   0 4 6 7 18
18 Norwich City 19 19   4 4 2 17 13   1 0 8 5 23
19 Leeds United 19 19   4 2 3 7 10   1 2 7 10 22
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 16   3 1 6 11 15   1 3 5 10 20
21 Crystal Palace 19 14   4 1 4 17 15   0 1 9 4 22
22 Leicester City 19 14   3 2 4 9 9   1 0 9 5 24