| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 40 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 39 | 81 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 40 | 73 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 39 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 39 | 66 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 39 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Wimbledon | 39 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 10 | Arsenal | 40 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 39 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Manchester City | 39 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 40 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 39 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 38 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 39 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 40 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 40 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 39 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 55 | |||