| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 24 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 23 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Everton | 25 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 24 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Chelsea | 25 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 25 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 24 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Wimbledon | 24 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Manchester United | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 25 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 25 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | |||