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Premier Division

IE Ireland Season 2026 10 teams

Premier Division: Shamrock Rovers lead with 68 points after 36 matches, 3 points ahead of Bohemians. Currently in the relegation places: Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers. 180 of 181 matches have been played this season, averaging 2.81 goals per match. Below: the table, the matches of every round, top scorers, scoring patterns and how our predictions have done in this league.

Table as of
Next kick-off
Source
api-football
LeaderShamrock Rovers68 points after 36 matches
Next kick-off Drogheda United – UCD · 43% home win
Our picks — Collecting data: 18 of 20 matches settled
Goals per match 2.81All leagues: 3.13

Table

# Team P W D L GD Pts Last 5 Next match · our win chance
1 Shamrock Rovers 36 20 8 8 +21 68 WWLWL —
2 Bohemians 36 19 8 9 +19 65 WLWLW —
3 St Patrick's Athl. 36 17 9 10 +24 60 WLLDL —
4 Shelbourne 36 12 13 11 +2 49 DWWWL —
5 Derry City 36 11 15 10 +3 48 WLWWD —
6 Dundalk 36 11 12 13 −4 45 LLDLW —
7 Waterford 36 10 13 13 −7 43 LLWWW —
8 Galway United 36 10 12 14 −7 42 DWLDL —
9 Drogheda United 36 10 10 16 −13 40 LLWLW vs UCD 43%
10 Sligo Rovers 36 5 10 21 −38 25 LLDLD —
Play-offs 1 Qualifying 2–3 Relegation · offs 9 Relegation 10 Last five results, most recent on the right. The stripe beside each rank marks promotion, play-off and relegation places.

Matches

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Round 30 of 37
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Mon 14 Sep · 1 of 1 picks right
FT Dundalk 0–4 St Patrick's Athl.
FT Shelbourne 1–2 Drogheda United
FT Waterford 2–2 Derry City
FT Sligo Rovers 1–3 Galway United
Mon 12 Oct
FT Shamrock Rovers 2–1 Bohemians Our pick: Home 65%, right
Matches without a link were played before our match pages began on 4 November 2026.

Top scorers

Goals this season
  1. 1T. LonerganWaterford · 34 apps16
  2. 2P. AmondWaterford · 36 apps14
  3. 3C. WhelanBohemians · 36 apps13
  4. 4D. HorganDundalk · 35 apps12
  5. 5R. TierneyBohemians · 35 apps11
  6. 6M. DuffyDerry City · 27 apps11
  7. 7J. McGovernShamrock Rovers · 31 apps10
  8. 8R. EdmondsonSt Patrick's Athl. · 36 apps10
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  1. 9M. DoyleDrogheda United10
  2. 10A. KeenaSt Patrick's Athl.10
  3. 11K. TwardekGalway United8
  4. 12D. KellyShelbourne8
  5. 13J. MartinShelbourne8
  6. 14G. BurkeShamrock Rovers8
  7. 15H. WoodShelbourne8
  8. 16J. ClarkeDerry City7
  9. 17K. LeavySt Patrick's Athl.7
  10. 18G. ArubiDundalk7
  11. 19J. KeohaneGalway United7
  12. 20B. KavanaghDrogheda United6
Most assists
  1. 1Benny CoutoWaterford 12
  2. 2D. HorganDundalk 10
  3. 3T. LonerganWaterford 7
  4. 4J. McGovernShamrock Rovers 7
  5. 5C. WhelanBohemians 6
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  1. 6K. TwardekGalway United6
  2. 7D. HurleyGalway United6
  3. 8M. DuffyDerry City5
  4. 9A. KeenaSt Patrick's Athl.5
  5. 10H. WoodShelbourne5
  6. 11B. KavanaghDrogheda United5
  7. 12D. DevoyBohemians5
  8. 13Z. ElbouzediSt Patrick's Athl.5
  9. 14D. KellyShelbourne4
  10. 15G. BurkeShamrock Rovers4
  11. 16D. James-TaylorBohemians4
  12. 17H. VaughanBohemians4
  13. 18J. FloresBohemians4
  14. 19M. StrodsBohemians4
  15. 20T. SobowaleShamrock Rovers4

Scoring patterns

Based on 180 finished matches · all leagues: 15,112
Goals per match2.81 vs 3.13 in all leagues
Home wins40.6% vs 45.5% in all leagues
Draws30.6% vs 21.9% in all leagues
Away wins28.9% vs 32.7% in all leagues
Over 2.5 goals52.8% vs 58.9% in all leagues
Both teams score60.6% vs 55.3% in all leagues

How to read this: Draws: 31% here against 22% across all leagues. Both teams scored in 61% of matches against 55%. 16 matches ended 0–0 and 32 had five goals or more. The marker on each bar shows the all-leagues average.

Our record in this league

Predictions made before kick-off, checked against the result
18matches settled so far

We show a hit rate for a league only after 20 settled matches, because a rate from a handful of matches says very little.

Evidence so farEarly data · 18 of 100 matches
Hit rate by week (matches in brackets)
0%24 Aug (1)
40%12 Oct (5)
57%19 Oct (7)
20%26 Oct (5)
How this is calculated ›

Teams in Premier Division

Bohemians Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Galway United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athl. Waterford

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Table, scorers and fixtures come from api-football. Probabilities and hit rates are ScoreProb's own, from predictions saved before kick-off.