Premier Division| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 141 | 349 | 2.47 | 63 | 44.68% | 30 | 21.28% | 48 | 34.04% |
| 2016 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Dundalk | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 49 | WLLW | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Cork City | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 48 | WWOO | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | Derry City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 47 | WXOW | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 42 | LWWL | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 37 | WLWW | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 6 | St. Patrick's | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 33 | LWWX | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Bohemians | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 32 | WWOW | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | |
| 8 | 1 | Galway United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 30 | LLLW | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |
| 9 | Bray Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 24 | LXWW | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 38 | -21 | 23 | LLLL | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 48 | -24 | 18 | LLWL | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 25 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 57 | -37 | 10 | LLLL | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 34 | ||
| 13 | +1 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) |
| 12 | +2 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) |
| 11 | +3 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 4p) |
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | ||
| 9 | +1 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) |
| 7 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | ||
| 6 | Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | ||
| +2 | Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | |
| +1 | Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | |
| 5 | Nathan BOYLE (Derry City) | |
| Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Ismahil AKINADE (Bohemians) | ||
| 4 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| +1 | Aaron McENEFF (Derry City, 4p) | |
| Steven BEATTIE (Cork City) | ||
| Ciarán KILDUFF (Dundalk) | ||
| Paul MURPHY (Wexford, 1p) | ||
| Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | ||
| +1 | Sean BOYD (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Danny FURLONG (Wexford, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Gary SHANAHAN (Galway United) | |
| +2 | Dylan CONNOLLY (Bray Wanderers, 1p) | |
| Billy DENNEHY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 1p) |
| Friday, 26 August 2016 | |||||
| 25 | Cork City | 5-2 | Longford Town | ||
| 6 | Bennett | 45 | McGlynn | ||
| 13 | Maguire | 86 | McGlynn | ||
| 26(p) | Maguire | ||||
| 49 | Sheppard | ||||
| 90 | Sheppard | ||||
| 25 | St. Patrick's | 0-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 57 | Byrne | ||||
| 25 | Finn Harps | 0-2 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 53 | Boyd | ||||
| 80 | Clarke | ||||
| 25 | Wexford | 0-1 | Dundalk | ||
| 39 | McMillan | ||||
| Saturday, 27 August 2016 | |||||
| 25 | Sligo Rovers | 2-1 | Galway United | ||
| 78 | Cretaro | 48 | Shanahan | ||
| 90 | Campion | ||||
| 25 | Bray Wanderers | 2-2 | Derry City | ||
| 16 | Connolly | 31 | Patterson | ||
| 70(p) | Connolly | 55(p) | McEneff | ||
| Tuesday, 30 August 2016 | |||||
| 22 | Cork City | 4-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 13 | Morrissey | ||||
| 40 | Holohan | ||||
| 54 | Browne | ||||
| 57(p) | Maguire | ||||
| 18 | Shamrock Rovers | 0-1 | Derry City | ||
| 36 | Patterson | ||||
