| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 27 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 25 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 27 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Chelsea | 26 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 27 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 27 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 26 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 26 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 27 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 27 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 25 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Aston Villa | 27 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 27 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 26 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 40 | |||