| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 21 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 23 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 22 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 23 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 21 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 23 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 21 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Wimbledon | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 28 | |||