| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 22 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 21 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 22 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 21 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 21 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 21 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 21 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||