| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 20 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 20 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 19 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 19 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 20 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Manchester City | 20 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 20 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 20 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 24 | |||