| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 23 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 23 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 23 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 23 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 23 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 23 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 22 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Aston Villa | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 23 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Manchester City | 23 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 23 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Leeds United | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||