| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 23 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 24 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 23 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 22 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Arsenal | 24 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Chelsea | 24 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Leeds United | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 24 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 22 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 23 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 23 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||