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