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