| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 10 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Liverpool | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 11 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Aston Villa | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Wimbledon | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield United | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||