| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 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 | 26 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 27 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 27 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 26 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 27 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 26 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 27 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 28 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Norwich City | 28 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 28 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 26 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 27 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||