| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swansea City | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 18 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Liverpool | 16 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Aston Villa | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 16 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||