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