| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 21 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 21 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 21 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 21 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 21 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 21 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Aston Villa | 21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield United | 21 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||