| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 12 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 12 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 12 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 17 | Derby County | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Southampton | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||