| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 17 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Liverpool | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Aston Villa | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Manchester City | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||