| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 35 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 36 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 36 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 36 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 34 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 36 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 36 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Arsenal | 36 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 36 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 36 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 35 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 35 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 36 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 37 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 37 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 36 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 36 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Stoke City | 36 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 35 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 42 | |||