| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 28 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 28 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 28 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 28 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 28 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 28 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 28 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Manchester City | 28 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 28 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Leeds United | 28 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 33 | |||