| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 12 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 11 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Everton | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | |||