| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 15 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 15 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 14 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Manchester City | 15 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||