League Cup

NIR Northern Ireland Season 2026 28 teams

12 of 20 matches have been played this season, averaging 3.75 goals per match. Below: the matches with our probabilities and how our predictions have done in this league.

Next kick-off
Source
api-football
Matches played12of 20
Next kick-off Carrick Rangers – Glenavon FC
Our picks — Collecting data: 9 of 20 matches settled
Goals per match 3.75All leagues: 3.13

Matches

Round of 32
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Round of 32
Tue 20 Oct · 7 of 12 picks right
FT Annagh United 3–4 Limavady United Our pick: Away 40%, right
FT Armagh City 1–3 H&W Welders Our pick: Away 62%, right
FT Ballinamallard United 1–1 Queen's University Our pick: Home 48%, wrong
FT Bangor 1–2 Dungannon Swifts Our pick: Away 46%, right
FT Carrick Rangers 3–0 Newry City AFC Our pick: Home 66%, right
FT Dundela 1–4 Moyola Park Our pick: Home 55%, wrong
FT Institute 0–3 Loughgall Our pick: Home 38%, wrong
FT Newington Youth 1–3 Ballymena United Our pick: Away 40%, right
FT Portadown 0–2 Cliftonville FC Our pick: Away 45%, right
FT Rathfriland 0–0 Ards Our pick: Away 54%, wrong
FT Strabane Athletic 0–5 Glenavon FC Our pick: Away 51%, right
Wed 21 Oct
FT Warrenpoint Town 5–2 Crusaders FC Our pick: Away 50%, wrong
Matches without a link were played before our match pages began on 4 November 2026.

Scoring patterns

Based on 12 finished matches · all leagues: 15,274
Goals per match3.75 vs 3.13 in all leagues
Home wins16.7% vs 45.4% in all leagues
Draws16.7% vs 21.8% in all leagues
Away wins66.7% vs 32.7% in all leagues
Over 2.5 goals75.0% vs 59.0% in all leagues
Both teams score58.3% vs 55.2% in all leagues

How to read this: Draws: 17% here against 22% across all leagues. Both teams scored in 58% of matches against 55%. 1 matches ended 0–0 and 4 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
9matches 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 · 9 of 100 matches
How this is calculated ›

Teams in League Cup

Annagh United Ards Armagh City Ballinamallard United Ballymena United Bangor Carrick Rangers Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Dundela Dungannon Swifts Glenavon FC Glentoran H&W Welders Institute Larne Limavady United Linfield Loughgall Moyola Park Newington Youth Newry City AFC Portadown Queen's University Rathfriland Strabane Athletic Warrenpoint Town

More from Northern Ireland

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