| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 31 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 31 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 32 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 31 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 29 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 31 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Sunderland | 31 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 32 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 31 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Leicester City | 32 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 31 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 30 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 32 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 31 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 32 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 32 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Manchester City | 31 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 30 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 31 | |||