| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 23 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 23 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 23 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 21 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 22 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Liverpool | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 22 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 21 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 23 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 22 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Chelsea | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Southampton | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 23 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||