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