| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 20 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 20 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 20 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Everton | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Aston Villa | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Manchester City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||