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 11 15   2 2 2 8 6   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 12 7   1 2 3 7 8   0 2 4 4 10
20 Derby County 12 6   1 2 2 5 7   0 1 6 0 19