| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 18 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Everton | 18 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 18 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Southampton | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||