| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 29 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 30 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 29 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 30 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 30 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 30 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 30 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 30 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 30 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 30 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 30 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 30 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 30 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 30 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 39 | |||