League of Ireland Premier Division table 2026 season: Ireland, points and home and away records
updated 2026-08-31The League of Ireland Premier Division table covers 10 clubs over 29 matches each. Points run three for a win and one for a draw, so the order follows points first, then goal difference and goals scored.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 46 | +19 | 55 |
| 2 | St Patrick's Athletic | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 45 | +20 | 50 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 50 | +16 | 50 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 46 | +1 | 40 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 35 | -2 | 35 |
| 6 | Derry City | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 41 | +1 | 34 |
| 7 | Galway United | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 36 | -6 | 34 |
| 8 | Waterford | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 39 | -9 | 32 |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -15 | 28 |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -25 | 23 |
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League of Ireland Premier Division table: how to read points and goal difference
The gap from top to bottom is 32 points. Shamrock Rovers lead on 55 with a difference of +19; Sligo Rovers sit last on 23. St Patrick's Athletic are second, 5 points behind.
Bohemians score most with 50 goals. St Patrick's Athletic defend best, conceding 25, while Waterford have shipped 48 — the spread between those two says how uneven the league is at the back.
A club takes 1.33 points per match on average and scores 39.4 goals across the season. The median is 35 points (Shelbourne), with 4 clubs above it. The median describes a league better than the mean does: one runaway side pulls the mean up and barely moves the median.
The drop zone is 11 points from safety: Galway United sit 7th on 34, against Sligo Rovers on 23. Those are the numbers that decide the closing weeks.
League of Ireland Premier Division home and away: split points
The League of Ireland Premier Division table recomputes separately for home fixtures and for away ones. They are the same matches split by venue, so points in the two tables always sum back to the overall one.
St Patrick's Athletic take the most at home, 16 points from 7 matches, while Bohemians lead away on 17 — more often different clubs than you would expect.
St Patrick's Athletic depend on their ground most: 16 points at home against 0 away, a gap of 16. Bohemians show the smallest split at -7. Across the league a club takes 4.5 more points at home than away.
League of Ireland Premier Division: goals, averages and difference
Across 68 matches the league has produced 394 goals, 2.68 per game. Home sides win 43% of the time, both teams score in 56%, and 49% finish over 2.5.
Dundalk carry the flattest goal difference at +1 — clubs on those numbers usually sit mid-table, equally far from the title and the drop.
How the League of Ireland Premier Division table looked in earlier seasons is in the archive: Ireland, year by year, with final tables for every division and zone.
League of Ireland Premier Division: division size and what it changes
The size of a division changes how its figures read. With 10 clubs each plays 29 matches, and a run of three or four results moves a position further than it would in a league twice the size: the sample is smaller, so chance weighs more.
For the same reason the points gap between neighbouring places tends to be narrower here and the middle of the table reorders more often. Goal difference is especially useful in a division this size, because it accumulates across every match and depends less on who a club happened to face recently.
Comparing this division with others on absolute numbers — goals scored, points taken — means little where the number of rounds differs. What compares is the relative measures: points per match, scoring rate, the share of draws.
Ireland: the divisions and where League of Ireland Premier Division sits
Ireland: this is the only division we currently carry a table for.
Derry City have drawn most at 13, Shamrock Rovers fewest at 7. St Patrick's Athletic defend best on the road, conceding 0 away from home.
League of Ireland Premier Division: match results and head-to-head
The widest result of the season is Dundalk against Sligo Rovers, 5-0, a margin of 5. The highest-scoring match is Galway United against Sligo Rovers at 4-3, 7 goals in all.
25 of 68 matches ended level, 37%. The draw rate is among the steadiest numbers a league produces: it moves less from season to season than goals scored or final positions do.
Any two clubs can be compared in the panel alongside, which reads the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Common questions
How are points awarded in the League of Ireland Premier Division table?
Three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. A side with more wins can still sit below one that draws often, but only where the number of matches played differs.
What separates clubs level on points?
Goal difference first, then goals scored. Shamrock Rovers currently lead League of Ireland Premier Division on 55 points with a difference of +19.
How does the home table differ from the overall one?
The home table counts only matches played at home and the away table only those on the road. They are the same fixtures, so the two sets of points add back to the overall table. A mid-table club is often in the top three of one of them.
How many goals does a match produce on average?
2.68 per game across 68 matches. Both teams score in 56% of them and 49% finish over 2.5 goals.
Where are previous seasons?
In the country archive: Ireland, final tables year by year, split by division and, where they existed, by territorial zone.
How can two clubs be compared?
Through the head-to-head panel: pick two sides and it returns the score of their meetings this season, read from the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Season metrics
- Goals per match
- 2.68
- Home wins
- 43%
- Both scored
- 56%
- Over 2.5
- 49%
Head to head
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