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