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