| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 22 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 23 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 22 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 22 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 23 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Wimbledon | 23 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 23 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 23 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 23 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 23 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||