| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 22 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 21 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 21 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Arsenal | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 21 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Norwich City | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Sunderland | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||