| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 28 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 27 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 27 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 28 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Chelsea | 26 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 27 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 27 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 27 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 27 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 27 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Sunderland | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 27 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Leicester City | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||