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