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Premiership statistics and predictions
Season to date: 69 matches since 7 Aug 2026, last updated 22 Oct 2026.
Premiership in numbers
Analysis
69 matches have been played in the Premiership (Northern-Ireland) since 7 Aug 2026, averaging 2.71 goals a game. That is lower-scoring than the average across our archive (3.06 goals a game).
Home sides won 32 (46%), 9 matches were drawn (13%) and away sides won 28 (41%). Home advantage is about typical. Both teams scored in 49% of matches, 54% went over 2.5 goals, 78% over 1.5, and 3 finished goalless.
Our team-strength model, refitted every night, rates the strongest attacks as Carrick Rangers (1.64), Coleraine FC (1.53), Ballymena United (1.30), and the meanest defences as Linfield (0.61), Larne (0.66), Glentoran (0.70). A rating of 1.00 is an average side in this competition.
Recent and upcoming PunterPick predictions
- Larne vs Coleraine FC · 16 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 1.5 Goals @ 1.33 · FT 2–3 - Ballymena United vs Crusaders FC · 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.57 · FT 2–1 - Bangor vs Dungannon Swifts · 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.40 · FT 0–0 - Carrick Rangers vs Linfield · 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.40 · FT 2–2 - Glentoran vs Limavady United · 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.50 · FT 1–0 - Cliftonville FC vs Portadown · 17 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.50 · FT 1–2 - Larne vs Linfield · 20 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 1.5 Goals @ 1.30 · FT 1–2 - Portadown vs Linfield · 23 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.44 - Carrick Rangers vs Limavady United · 24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.44 - Crusaders FC vs Coleraine FC · 24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.53 - Dungannon Swifts vs Cliftonville FC · 24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.44 - Glentoran vs Ballymena United · 24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.53 - Bangor vs Larne · 24 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTC · Premiership
Published pick: Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.44
Results table
Calculated from the final scores in our archive since 7 Aug 2026. This is not the official table — it applies no points deductions or tie-break rules, and for cup competitions it simply totals results across rounds.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coleraine FC | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Linfield | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Larne | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Crusaders FC | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Cliftonville FC | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Limavady United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Bangor | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 6 |
About these statistics
The figures above are counts over final scores (90 minutes) in the PunterPick results archive. Nothing is estimated: a match only counts once its final score is in. Team links lead to each side's own form, home and away record and the predictions we have published for them. How we build our predictions is explained on the methodology page.