| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 17 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Wimbledon | 17 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 16 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||