| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 21 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 21 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 21 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 19 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 21 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 20 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 26 | |||