| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 18 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 18 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 17 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 18 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Arsenal | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Wimbledon | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Everton | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Aston Villa | 18 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||