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 | ||||
| 157 | 375 | 2.38 | 68 | 43.31% | 34 | 21.66% | 55 | 35.03% |
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 59 | XWWW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 10 | +32 | 54 | WWWW | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 49 | OOWX | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 47 | XLWO | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 37 | LLWL | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Bohemians | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 35 | WLLW | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 7 | 1 | Galway United | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 34 | WLOL | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |
| 8 | 2 | St. Patrick's | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | LOLW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |
| 9 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 33 | WWWL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 42 | -25 | 23 | LLLL | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 49 | -25 | 19 | LOLL | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 27 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 59 | -38 | 13 | WLLL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 34 | ||
| 14 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) | |
| 13 | +2 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) |
| 12 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 11 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 9 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| 8 | +1 | Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) |
| 7 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | ||
| Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | ||
| 6 | +1 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) |
| Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| 5 | Nathan BOYLE (Derry City) | |
| Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Ismahil AKINADE (Bohemians) |
| Friday, 16 September 2016 | |||||
| 27 | Cork City | 3-0 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 7 | Maguire | ||||
| 89(p) | Bolger | ||||
| 90 | Buckley | ||||
| 27 | Finn Harps | 0-1 | Longford Town | ||
| 17 | O'Connor | ||||
| 27 | Wexford | 0-0 | Derry City | ||
| 27 | Galway United | 2-0 | Bohemians | ||
| 66 | Aganovic | ||||
| 82 | Devaney | ||||
| Saturday, 17 September 2016 | |||||
| 27 | Bray Wanderers | 4-0 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 15 | Pender | ||||
| 42 | Noone | ||||
| 78 | Lewis | ||||
| 89 | Harding | ||||
| Monday, 19 September 2016 | |||||
| 26 | Bohemians | 1-0 | Wexford | ||
| 45 | Byrne | ||||
| 20 | Finn Harps | 0-1 | Cork City | ||
| 69(p) | Maguire | ||||
| Tuesday, 20 September 2016 | |||||
| 20 | Dundalk | 1-1 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 59 | Gartland | 33 | Shaw | ||
