| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 24 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 24 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 23 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 24 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 24 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 24 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 22 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 24 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 23 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 24 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 24 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Leeds United | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||