| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 18 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 18 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Stoke City | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Arsenal | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 18 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Sunderland | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||