| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 22 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 23 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 22 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Everton | 23 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 23 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 22 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 22 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 22 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Norwich City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 22 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 22 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 23 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||