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	36	28	78%
2	Shelbourne	36	26	72%
3	Bohemians	36	24	67%
4	Galway United	36	23	64%
5	Waterford	36	23	64%
6	Derry City	36	22	61%
7	Drogheda United	36	21	58%
8	Shamrock Rovers	36	20	56%
9	Sligo Rovers	36	17	47%
10	St Patrick's Athl.	36	14	39%

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	36	23	64%
2	Dundalk	36	23	64%
3	Shelbourne	36	22	61%
4	Drogheda United	36	19	53%
5	Waterford	36	19	53%
6	Derry City	36	18	50%
7	Shamrock Rovers	36	18	50%
8	Sligo Rovers	36	18	50%
9	Galway United	36	17	47%
10	St Patrick's Athl.	36	13	36%

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.	36	14	39%	33%
2	Shamrock Rovers	36	12	33%	19%
3	Bohemians	36	11	31%	11%
4	Drogheda United	36	11	31%	22%
5	Derry City	36	10	28%	22%
6	Shelbourne	36	7	19%	19%
7	Sligo Rovers	36	6	17%	47%
8	Waterford	36	6	17%	28%
9	Dundalk	36	5	14%	8%
10	Galway United	36	5	14%	31%

Premier Division Goals per Match

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

#	Team	MP	Scored	Conceded	Total
1	Waterford	36	1.50	1.69	3.19
2	Dundalk	36	1.53	1.64	3.17
3	Bohemians	36	1.75	1.22	2.97
4	Shelbourne	36	1.44	1.39	2.83
5	Drogheda United	36	1.22	1.58	2.81
6	Galway United	36	1.28	1.47	2.75
7	Derry City	36	1.39	1.31	2.69
8	Shamrock Rovers	36	1.64	1.06	2.69
9	Sligo Rovers	36	0.78	1.83	2.61
10	St Patrick's Athl.	36	1.53	0.86	2.39

Premier Division Corner Stats

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

#	Team	MP	Won	Conceded	Total
1	Waterford	34	5.56	5.97	11.53
2	Sligo Rovers	33	3.82	7.00	10.82
3	Drogheda United	34	4.06	6.44	10.50
4	Galway United	33	4.06	6.30	10.36
5	Dundalk	34	5.85	4.41	10.26
6	Derry City	33	5.73	4.52	10.24
7	St Patrick's Athl.	34	5.68	4.50	10.18
8	Bohemians	33	6.00	3.88	9.88
9	Shelbourne	33	5.12	4.27	9.39
10	Shamrock Rovers	33	5.09	3.67	8.76

Premier Division Card Stats

Yellow and red cards each team received per match.

#	Team	MP	Yellow	Red	Total
1	Shelbourne	33	2.79	0.06	2.85
2	Derry City	33	2.58	0.09	2.67
3	Shamrock Rovers	33	2.45	0.12	2.58
4	Dundalk	34	2.26	0.18	2.44
5	Waterford	34	2.09	0.00	2.09
6	Galway United	33	2.03	0.00	2.03
7	Sligo Rovers	33	1.76	0.15	1.91
8	Drogheda United	34	1.85	0.00	1.85
9	Bohemians	33	1.70	0.09	1.79
10	St Patrick's Athl.	34	1.65	0.06	1.71

Corners and cards come from the official statistics of 167 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

180 matches of the 2026 Premier Division season have been played, at 2.81 goals a game. Both teams scored in 61% of them, and 53% had three or more goals.

Both teams score most often in Dundalk's matches: 78% of them. St Patrick's Athl. play the tightest games, with three or more goals in only 36% of them. St Patrick's Athl. have kept the most clean sheets, in 39% 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, 2.8 a match.

Home teams have scored 1.55 goals a match and away teams 1.26. 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.