| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 25 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 26 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 26 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 25 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 26 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 26 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Everton | 25 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Aston Villa | 26 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Fulham | 26 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Manchester City | 25 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 26 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 26 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 23 | |||