| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 25 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 26 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 26 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 26 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 25 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 26 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 26 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 25 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 26 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Sunderland | 26 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Birmingham City | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 26 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 26 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 31 | |||