| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 18 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 16 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 18 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 17 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 17 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 17 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||