| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Manchester United | 14 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Wimbledon | 13 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Derby County | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Norwich City | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||