Premier Division Stats 2026

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Premier Division BTTS Stats

How often both teams scored in each team's matches.

#	Team	MP	BTTS	%
1	Dundalk	35	27	77%
2	Shelbourne	35	25	71%
3	Bohemians	35	23	66%
4	Galway United	35	23	66%
5	Waterford	35	22	63%
6	Derry City	35	21	60%
7	Drogheda United	35	21	60%
8	Shamrock Rovers	35	19	54%
9	Sligo Rovers	35	16	46%
10	St Patrick's Athl.	35	13	37%

Premier Division Over 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 Goals

How often each team's matches had more goals than the selected line.

#	Team	MP	Over 2.5	%
1	Bohemians	35	22	63%
2	Dundalk	35	22	63%
3	Shelbourne	35	21	60%
4	Drogheda United	35	19	54%
5	Waterford	35	18	51%
6	Derry City	35	17	49%
7	Galway United	35	17	49%
8	Shamrock Rovers	35	17	49%
9	Sligo Rovers	35	17	49%
10	St Patrick's Athl.	35	12	34%

Premier Division Clean Sheets

Matches in which each team conceded no goals, and how often it failed to score.

#	Team	MP	CS	CS %	FTS %
1	St Patrick's Athl.	35	14	40%	34%
2	Shamrock Rovers	35	12	34%	20%
3	Bohemians	35	11	31%	11%
4	Derry City	35	10	29%	23%
5	Drogheda United	35	10	29%	23%
6	Shelbourne	35	7	20%	20%
7	Sligo Rovers	35	6	17%	49%
8	Waterford	35	6	17%	29%
9	Dundalk	35	5	14%	9%
10	Galway United	35	5	14%	29%

Premier Division Goals per Match

Goals scored, conceded and in total per match for each team.

#	Team	MP	Scored	Conceded	Total
1	Dundalk	35	1.49	1.66	3.14
2	Waterford	35	1.46	1.69	3.14
3	Bohemians	35	1.71	1.20	2.91
4	Drogheda United	35	1.20	1.63	2.83
5	Galway United	35	1.31	1.46	2.77
6	Shelbourne	35	1.43	1.34	2.77
7	Derry City	35	1.37	1.29	2.66
8	Shamrock Rovers	35	1.66	1.00	2.66
9	Sligo Rovers	35	0.74	1.83	2.57
10	St Patrick's Athl.	35	1.51	0.80	2.31

Premier Division Corner Stats

Corners won, conceded and in total per match for each team.

#	Team	MP	Won	Conceded	Total
1	Waterford	33	5.67	5.94	11.61
2	Sligo Rovers	32	3.84	7.06	10.91
3	Drogheda United	33	4.00	6.48	10.48
4	Galway United	32	4.03	6.31	10.34
5	Derry City	32	5.75	4.56	10.31
6	Dundalk	33	5.91	4.36	10.27
7	St Patrick's Athl.	33	5.70	4.48	10.18
8	Bohemians	32	6.03	3.84	9.88
9	Shelbourne	32	5.06	4.34	9.41
10	Shamrock Rovers	32	5.06	3.66	8.72

Premier Division Card Stats

Yellow and red cards each team received per match.

#	Team	MP	Yellow	Red	Total
1	Shelbourne	32	2.84	0.06	2.91
2	Derry City	32	2.56	0.09	2.66
3	Shamrock Rovers	32	2.47	0.13	2.59
4	Dundalk	33	2.30	0.18	2.48
5	Galway United	32	2.09	0.00	2.09
6	Waterford	33	2.06	0.00	2.06
7	Drogheda United	33	1.91	0.00	1.91
8	Sligo Rovers	32	1.78	0.13	1.91
9	Bohemians	32	1.63	0.09	1.72
10	St Patrick's Athl.	33	1.58	0.06	1.64

Corners and cards come from the official statistics of 162 matches.

Premier Division Referees 2026

Referees who took charge of finished Premier Division matches this season, with cards and fouls per match.

Referee	MP	Cards	Yellow	Red	Fouls
Robert Harvey	13	4.58	4.17	0.42	23.6
Rob Hennessey	12	5.17	4.83	0.33	24.1
Paul Norton	10	5.40	5.30	0.10	19.2
Marc Lynch	9	4.25	4.25	0.00	23.0
Neil Doyle	9	4.11	4.00	0.11	19.8
Alan Patchell	6	3.60	3.60	0.00	22.2
Declan Toland	6	3.50	3.50	0.00	19.2
Lucas Keating	6	4.67	4.67	0.00	24.7
Oliver Moran	6	4.50	4.33	0.17	18.0
Arnold Hunter	4	3.67	3.67	0.00	19.3
Daniel Murphy	3	4.33	4.33	0.00	25.0
Daryl Carolan	2	-	-	-	-
Aaron O'Dowd	1	-	-	-	-
Mark Houlihan	1	-	-	-	-
Paul McLaughlin	1	-	-	-	-
Robert Hennessy	1	-	-	-	-

League average: 4.45 cards and 21.6 fouls a match.

Premier Division 2026 in numbers: teams compared

175 matches of the 2026 Premier Division season have been played, at 2.78 goals a game. Both teams scored in 60% of them, and 52% had three or more goals.

Both teams score most often in Dundalk's matches: 77% of them. St Patrick's Athl. play the tightest games, with three or more goals in only 34% of them. St Patrick's Athl. have kept the most clean sheets, in 40% of their matches.

Matches with full statistics average 10.2 corners and 4.4 cards. Bohemians win the most corners, 6.0 a match. Shelbourne receive the most cards, 2.9 a match.

Home teams have scored 1.53 goals a match and away teams 1.25. The standings are in the Premier Division table, and match forecasts on the Premier Division Predictions page. Figures are counted from finished matches only, using the score after 90 minutes, and update after every round.