| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 19 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 17 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 19 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Chelsea | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||