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 | ||||
| 149 | 361 | 2.42 | 64 | 42.95% | 32 | 21.48% | 53 | 35.57% |
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 58 | WWWW | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 48 | WWOO | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 48 | OWXO | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 46 | WOLW | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 37 | LWLW | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 6 | St. Patrick's | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | LOLW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 7 | Bohemians | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 32 | LWWO | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | Galway United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 31 | LOLL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 9 | Bray Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 34 | -11 | 30 | WWLX | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -23 | 23 | LLLL | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 59 | -39 | 10 | LLLL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 34 | ||
| 14 | +1 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) |
| 12 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 11 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 4p) | |
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | ||
| 9 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| 7 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | ||
| +1 | Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | |
| +1 | Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | |
| 6 | Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) |
| Nathan BOYLE (Derry City) | ||
| Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Ismahil AKINADE (Bohemians) | ||
| 4 | Aaron McENEFF (Derry City, 4p) | |
| Steven BEATTIE (Cork City) | ||
| Ciarán KILDUFF (Dundalk) | ||
| Paul MURPHY (Wexford, 1p) | ||
| Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | ||
| Sean BOYD (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Danny FURLONG (Wexford, 1p) | ||
| Gary SHANAHAN (Galway United) | ||
| Dylan CONNOLLY (Bray Wanderers, 1p) | ||
| Billy DENNEHY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 1p) |
| Friday, 2 September 2016 | |||||
| 26 | Shamrock Rovers | 0-0 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 21 | Bohemians | 1-2 | Dundalk | ||
| 67 | Byrne | 24 | Gartland | ||
| 65 | Mountney | ||||
| 26 | Derry City | 0-0 | Galway United | ||
| Tuesday, 6 September 2016 | |||||
| 19 | Sligo Rovers | 0-1 | Dundalk | ||
| 13 | McMillan | ||||
| 20 | St. Patrick's | 1-2 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 43 | Kelly | 58 | Pender | ||
| 61 | Douglas | ||||
| 17 | Galway United | 0-1 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 45 | Shaw | ||||
| Saturday, 10 September 2016 | |||||
| 26 | Longford Town | 0-2 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 41 | Pender | ||||
| 87 | Noone | ||||
| Monday, 12 September 2016 | |||||
| 24 | Dundalk | 2-0 | Finn Harps | ||
| 6 | McEleney | ||||
| 75 | Horgan | ||||
