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