| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 20 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 20 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 20 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 19 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Manchester United | 19 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 20 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 20 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 20 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 18 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Leicester City | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||