| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 17 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 18 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 18 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 18 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 18 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Wimbledon | 18 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Aston Villa | 17 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |||