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 | ||||
| 176 | 437 | 2.48 | 78 | 44.32% | 39 | 22.16% | 59 | 33.52% |
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 65 | WLWX | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 61 | LWWO | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Derry City | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 53 | WXLO | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | |
| 4 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 51 | LXWX | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 43 | WOOO | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Bohemians | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 41 | WLWW | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 7 | 2 | St. Patrick's | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 39 | XWOL | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bray Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 38 | -5 | 39 | LWWW | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |
| 9 | 1 | Galway United | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 45 | -6 | 37 | LWLL | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 47 | -25 | 28 | XWOL | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 56 | -30 | 19 | LLLO | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 35 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 29 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 63 | -40 | 13 | LLWL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 35 | ||
| 16 | +2 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) |
| 15 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) | |
| 14 | +2 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) |
| 12 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 10 | +1 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) |
| 9 | Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | |
| Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | ||
| 8 | +1 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) |
| +1 | Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | |
| 7 | Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| +3 | Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | |
| +1 | Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | |
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| +2 | Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's, 1p) | |
| 6 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Ger PENDER (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| +2 | David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 2p) | |
| 5 | Sean BOYD (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| +1 | Garry BUCKLEY (Cork City) | |
| Nathan BOYLE (Derry City) | ||
| Kevin DEVANEY (Galway United) | ||
| Brian GARTLAND (Dundalk) | ||
| Ismahil AKINADE (Bohemians) |
| Friday, 7 October 2016 | |||||
| 30 | Bohemians | 1-0 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 15 | Lopes | ||||
| 30 | St. Patrick's | 4-1 | Wexford | ||
| 21 | Byrne | 84 | Bonner | ||
| 32 | Fagan | ||||
| 35(p) | Byrne | ||||
| 80 | Kelly | ||||
| 30 | Finn Harps | 2-1 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 12 | Houston | 75 | Kelly | ||
| 68 | Houston | ||||
| Saturday, 8 October 2016 | |||||
| 30 | Dundalk | 0-3 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 1 | Campion | ||||
| 32 | Roberts | ||||
| 61 | Cretaro | ||||
| 30 | Longford Town | 2-3 | Derry City | ||
| 12 | O'Sullivan | 39 | McNamee | ||
| 63(p) | O'Sullivan | 76 | Patterson | ||
| 78 | Patterson | ||||
| 30 | Galway United | 0-5 | Cork City | ||
| 2 | Maguire | ||||
| 15 | Dooley | ||||
| 19 | Buckley | ||||
| 48 | Maguire | ||||
| 90 | Ogbene | ||||
| Tuesday, 11 October 2016 | |||||
| 26 | Dundalk | 2-1 | Cork City | ||
| 7(og) | McNulty | 56 | O'Sullivan | ||
| 36 | Horgan | ||||
| 28 | Finn Harps | 1-1 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 90 | Houston | 64 | Timlin | ||
