| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 28 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 27 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 26 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 26 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 26 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 25 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 27 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Coventry City | 27 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 26 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 28 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Chelsea | 26 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 26 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Southampton | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 27 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 28 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 33 | |||