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EF 5

Premier League table (close season)

Premier League

Honours
Champions:	Manchester United
Runners-up:	Chelsea
Relegated:	Cardiff City WBA Wigan Athletic

European qualification

		Overall									Home									Away
Pos.	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Gdf	Pts	Form	P	W	D	L	F	A	Gdf	Pts	Form	P	W	D	L	F	A	Gdf	Pts	Form
1	Manchester United	38	28	7	3	79	26	+53	91		19	16	3	0	42	11	31	51		19	12	4	3	37	15	22	40
2	Chelsea	38	26	9	3	80	32	+48	87		19	14	5	0	48	18	30	47		19	12	4	3	32	14	18	40
3	Newcastle United	38	23	7	8	72	40	+32	76		19	12	4	3	38	18	20	40		19	11	3	5	34	22	12	36
4	Liverpool	38	23	6	9	79	43	+36	75		19	15	3	1	49	13	36	48		19	8	3	8	30	30	0	27
5	Everton	38	22	8	8	72	44	+28	74		19	11	4	4	35	20	15	37		19	11	4	4	37	24	13	37
6	Manchester City	38	21	5	12	68	49	+19	68		19	13	0	6	42	28	14	39		19	8	5	6	26	21	5	29
7	Arsenal	38	17	10	11	58	46	+12	61		19	8	5	6	29	24	5	29		19	9	5	5	29	22	7	32
8	West Ham United	38	12	11	15	50	55	-5	47		19	8	5	6	25	23	2	29		19	4	6	9	25	32	-7	18
9	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	10	16	49	55	-6	46		19	8	4	7	29	25	4	28		19	4	6	9	20	30	-10	18
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	55	65	-10	44		19	8	4	7	29	31	-2	28		19	3	7	9	26	34	-8	16
11	Sheffield United	38	12	8	18	47	65	-18	44		19	8	4	7	28	29	-1	28		19	4	4	11	19	36	-17	16
12	Reading	38	9	15	14	52	62	-10	42		19	6	9	4	32	25	7	27		19	3	6	10	20	37	-17	15
13	Middlesbrough	38	9	15	14	47	60	-13	42		19	5	8	6	23	27	-4	23		19	4	7	8	24	33	-9	19
14	Portsmouth	38	10	11	17	47	64	-17	41		19	6	7	6	25	26	-1	25		19	4	4	11	22	38	-16	16
15	Birmingham City	38	9	13	16	53	60	-7	40		19	6	7	6	27	27	0	25		19	3	6	10	26	33	-7	15
16	Aston Villa	38	8	14	16	52	67	-15	38		19	6	6	7	30	29	1	24		19	2	8	9	22	38	-16	14
17	Fulham	38	8	11	19	42	65	-23	35		19	6	6	7	22	25	-3	24		19	2	5	12	20	40	-20	11
18	Cardiff City	38	7	13	18	37	62	-25	34		19	4	9	6	21	26	-5	21		19	3	4	12	16	36	-20	13
19	WBA	38	7	8	23	41	79	-38	29		19	5	5	9	26	32	-6	20		19	2	3	14	15	47	-32	9
20	Wigan Athletic	38	6	8	24	41	82	-41	26		19	6	2	11	27	37	-10	20		19	0	6	13	14	45	-31	6

Next fixtures

Round 1

Arsenal - Middlesbrough
Barnsley - Portsmouth
Birmingham City - Chelsea
Everton - West Ham United
Fulham - Stoke City
Liverpool - Sheffield United
Manchester City - Manchester United
Newcastle United - Blackburn Rovers
Reading - Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur - Bolton Wanderers

Round 2

Aston Villa - Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers - Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers - Reading
Chelsea - Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United - Newcastle United
Middlesbrough - Birmingham City
Portsmouth - Everton
Sheffield United - Arsenal
Stoke City - Barnsley
West Ham United - Fulham

Top goalscorers
36	Samuel ETO'O (Arsenal/Liverpool, 7p)
30	David VÍLLA (Manchester United/Tottenham Hotspur) Andriy SHEVCHENKO (Reading, 4p)
28	Thierry HENRY (Newcastle United, 1p)
27	Carlos TÉVEZ (Newcastle United/Sheffield United) RONALDINHO (Chelsea, 1p)
26	FERNANDO José TORRES (Chelsea, 2p)
24	Robin VAN PERSIE (Arsenal, 1p)
22	Ashley YOUNG (Aston Villa)
21	ALEXANDRE PATO (Blackburn Rovers)
17	ROBINHO (Liverpool) Roman PAVLYUCHENKO (Birmingham City)
16	Harry KEWELL (Cardiff City) Sergio AGÜERO (Everton) Luca TONI (Tottenham Hotspur/Newcastle United, 1p)
15	John CAREW (Blackburn Rovers, 2p) Nicolas ANELKA (Wigan Athletic, 2p)
14	Andy JOHNSON (Everton/Sheffield United)
12	Lionel MESSI (Chelsea/Manchester United) Wayne ROONEY (Manchester United/Sheffield United) TUNCAY Sanli (Middlesbrough) Alberto GILARDINO (Manchester City) Robbie KEANE (Fulham) Benni McCARTHY (Manchester City, 1p) Martin PETROV (Manchester City)