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