| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 34 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 30 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 32 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Leeds United | 33 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Chelsea | 32 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 31 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 31 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 33 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 31 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 32 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 31 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 31 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 31 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 32 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 32 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | |||