| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 77 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 42 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 73 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 42 | 72 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 9 | Wimbledon | 42 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 42 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 42 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Arsenal | 42 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 42 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 42 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 42 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 42 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 42 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 42 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 42 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 43 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 59 | |||