| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 19 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 19 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 20 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 19 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Wimbledon | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |||