| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 22 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 24 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 23 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Wimbledon | 24 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 23 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 24 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 23 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 23 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 24 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Norwich City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 22 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 22 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 24 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||