| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 26 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 25 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 25 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 25 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Chelsea | 25 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 24 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 25 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 24 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 25 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 25 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Leicester City | 25 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||