| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 23 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 23 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 23 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 23 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Liverpool | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 23 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 23 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Southampton | 23 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Wimbledon | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||