| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 31 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 30 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 31 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 31 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 31 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 31 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 31 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 31 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Manchester City | 31 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 30 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 30 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 36 | |||