| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 23 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 22 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 22 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 22 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 22 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 22 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Wimbledon | 22 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Manchester United | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 22 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 22 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||