| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 26 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 26 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 25 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 25 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 25 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Arsenal | 26 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 25 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Sunderland | 24 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 26 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 26 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Stoke City | 26 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 30 | |||