| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 27 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 29 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 27 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 28 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 28 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 26 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 28 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 29 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 28 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 27 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 29 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 28 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 29 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 28 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 28 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||