| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Manchester United | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Everton | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||