| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 16 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 16 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Liverpool | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Wimbledon | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Coventry City | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||