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