| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 50 |
| 3 | Manchester
United | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Everton | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 46 | -11 | 31 |
| 11 | West Bromwich
Albion | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 30 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 41 | -13 | 23 |
| 13 | Wolves | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 49 | -22 | 18 |
| 14 | Bolton | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 51 | -29 | 13 |
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