| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 35 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 35 | 78 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 35 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 35 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Everton | 35 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 35 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 35 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 35 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 35 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 35 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 35 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 35 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 35 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 35 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 35 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 35 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 35 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 43 | |||