| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 30 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 29 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 28 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 29 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 28 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Arsenal | 27 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 30 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 29 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 30 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Liverpool | 28 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 29 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Everton | 29 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 29 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 34 | |||