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 | ||||
| 165 | 402 | 2.43 | 72 | 43.64% | 37 | 22.42% | 56 | 33.94% |
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 62 | WXWW | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 13 | +34 | 58 | WOWW | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 51 | XWXL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |
| 4 | 1 | Derry City | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 50 | XLOO | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 39 | OOLL | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||
| 6 | Bohemians | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 38 | WWLL | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Bray Wanderers | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 36 | WWWW | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |
| 8 | St. Patrick's | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 35 | OLOL | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Galway United | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 34 | LLWL | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |
| 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 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 52 | -27 | 19 | LLOL | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 28 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 60 | -39 | 13 | LWLL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 35 | ||
| 15 | +1 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) |
| 14 | +1 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) |
| 12 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 11 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 9 | +2 | Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| +1 | Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | |
| 7 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | ||
| 6 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Ger PENDER (Bray Wanderers) |
| +1 | Sean BOYD (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Nathan BOYLE (Derry City) | ||
| +2 | Kevin DEVANEY (Galway United) | |
| Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's) | ||
| +1 | Brian GARTLAND (Dundalk) | |
| Ismahil AKINADE (Bohemians) |
| Friday, 23 September 2016 | |||||
| 28 | Dundalk | 3-1 | Derry City | ||
| 13 | Mountney | 6 | Schubert | ||
| 17 | Gartland | ||||
| 59 | McMillan | ||||
| 28 | Shamrock Rovers | 4-2 | Galway United | ||
| 22 | Boyd | 31 | Connolly | ||
| 35(og) | Ramsbottom | 59 | Connolly | ||
| 61 | Heaney | ||||
| 66 | McCabe | ||||
| 28 | Bohemians | 1-0 | Longford Town | ||
| 34 | Byrne | ||||
| 28 | Wexford | 1-3 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 87 | Dempsey | 20 | Salmon | ||
| 60 | Pender | ||||
| 72 | Lynch | ||||
| Saturday, 24 September 2016 | |||||
| 28 | Sligo Rovers | 0-0 | Cork City | ||
| Tuesday, 27 September 2016 | |||||
| 19 | Cork City | 5-3 | Galway United | ||
| 6 | Morrissey | 35 | Cantwell | ||
| 21 | Maguire | 63 | Devaney | ||
| 38 | Buckley | 90 | Devaney | ||
| 45(og) | Ludden | ||||
| 67 | O'Connor | ||||
| 29 | St. Patrick's | 0-0 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 29 | Derry City | 2-2 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 17 | Curtis | 40 | McCabe | ||
| 19 | Curtis | 84(og) | Karner | ||
