| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 16 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 15 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 16 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 16 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 24 | |||