| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 42 | 80 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Southampton | 42 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 42 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 42 | 62 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 41 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 46 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 42 | 52 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 42 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 42 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 42 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Stoke City | 42 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 40 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 42 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Birmingham City | 42 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 42 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 36 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 52 | |||