| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 21 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 21 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 21 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 21 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 21 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 21 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Arsenal | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 22 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 21 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Stoke City | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||