| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 20 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 20 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Liverpool | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 17 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 20 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 19 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Chelsea | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||