| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 29 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 32 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 30 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 30 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 30 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 32 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 31 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 28 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 30 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 32 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 31 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 31 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Chelsea | 32 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 45 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 32 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 30 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 30 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 30 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||