| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 18 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 18 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 18 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Chelsea | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Wimbledon | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||