| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 26 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Everton | 27 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 27 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Chelsea | 25 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 25 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 27 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 25 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 26 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 26 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Manchester City | 27 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 26 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Leicester City | 27 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 26 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 36 | |||