| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 29 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 28 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 27 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 28 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 27 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 29 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 29 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Arsenal | 26 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 28 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Liverpool | 27 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 28 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Everton | 28 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 27 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||