| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 35 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 36 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 36 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 37 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Arsenal | 36 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 37 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 36 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 37 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 36 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Aston Villa | 35 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 37 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 35 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 36 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 37 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 38 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 36 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 34 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Birmingham City | 35 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Stoke City | 35 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 36 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 24 | |||