| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 25 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 26 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 25 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 26 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 26 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 25 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 25 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 26 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 26 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 27 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 27 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 26 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 24 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 25 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||