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