| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 16 | +69 | 68 | |
2 |
42 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 60 | |
3 |
42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 72 | 35 | +37 | 59 | |
4 |
42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 51 | |
5 |
42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 50 | |
6 |
42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 49 | |
7 |
42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 48 | |
8 |
42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 46 | |
9 |
42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 60 | 63 | -3 | 45 | |
10 |
42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 68 | -10 | 44 | |
11 |
42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 41 | |
12 |
42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 40 | |
13 |
42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 40 | |
14 |
42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 53 | -6 | 40 | |
15 |
42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 39 | |
16 |
42 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 37 | |
17 |
42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 75 | -21 | 35 | |
18 |
42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 34 | |
19 |
42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 71 | -27 | 31 | |
20 |
42 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 73 | -28 | 25 | |
21 |
42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 64 | -27 | 22 | |
22 |
42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 92 | -48 | 20 |
42-round
| Top Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
24 | 5 | 42 |
|
21 | 42 | |
|
19 | 1 | 41 |
|
17 | 41 | |
|
|
16 | 30 | |
|
16 | 32 | |
|
|
15 | 36 | |
|
15 | 38 | |
|
|
15 | 39 | |
|
15 | 1 | 41 |
|
14 | 31 | |
|
14 | 35 |
First Division
| Winner | |
| Country |  England |
| Date | 19.08.1978 - 18.05.1979 |
| Played | 462 of 462 |
| Attendance | 27437 |
Reviews of games
Man Utd 3 - 0 Leicester City Highlights
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal Highlights
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd Highlights
Tottenham 1 - 2 Ipswich Town Highlights
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa Highlights
Brighton 2 - 1 Manchester City Highlights
West Ham 0 - 0 Everton Highlights
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham Highlights
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth Highlights
Wolverhampton 2 - 0 Southampton Highlights
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford Highlights
Man Utd 1 - 1 Chelsea Highlights
