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Table & Scores on 16/12/1978
| Home | Away | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Liverpool | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 31 | Everton | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 30 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 27 | Arsenal | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | Manchester United | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Coventry City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 22 | Leeds United | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 21 | Aston Villa | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Bristol City | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | Southampton | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | Norwich City | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 17 | Derby County | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 17 | Manchester City | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 16 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 16 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 9 | Birmingham City | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 8 | Chelsea | 19 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 |
| Arsenal 2 (1) Derby County 0 (0) | Price 27, Stapleton 57 | Attendance: 26,943 |
| Aston Villa 1 (0) Norwich City 1 (0) | Mortimer 80 Reeves 68 | Attendance: 26,228 |
| Bristol City 1 (0) Liverpool 0 (0) | Royle 75 | Attendance: 28,722 |
| Everton 1 (0) Leeds United 1 (1) | Ross 86 Hawley 36 | Attendance: 37,997 |
| Ipswich Town 3 (1) Bolton Wanderers 0 (0) | Mariner 10, Gates 72, Talbot 77 | Attendance: 16,815 |
| Manchester United 2 (1) Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0) | Ritchie 17, McIlroy 75 | Attendance: 52,026 |
| Middlesbrough 7 (3) Chelsea 2 (1) | Proctor 29, Burns 35, 38, 65, 85, Armstrong 52 Osgood 25, Bumstead 61 | Cochrane 77 | Attendance: 15,107 |
| Nottingham Forest 1 (0) Birmingham City 0 (0) | Gemmill 70 | Attendance: 25,224 |
| Queens Park Rangers 2 (0) Manchester City 1 (0) | Hamilton 48, 56 Channon 90 | Attendance: 12,902 |
| Southampton 4 (2) Coventry City 0 (0) | Waldron 10, Hebberd 15, Boyer 53, Baker 66 | Attendance: 19,102 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0) West Bromwich Albion 3 (1) | A Brown 20, 84, T Brown 57 | Attendance: 29,117 |