| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 19 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 21 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 21 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Everton | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Chelsea | 21 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 20 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 19 | West Ham United | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 29 | |||