| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 19 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 19 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 20 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Stoke City | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Arsenal | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Birmingham City | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||