Premier Division| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 184 | 465 | 2.52 | 84 | 45.65% | 39 | 21.20% | 61 | 33.15% |
| 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 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 71 | WWWL | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 64 | LWLW | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 56 | WWXL | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 51 | LLXW | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 46 | WWOO | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 1 | St. Patrick's | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 42 | WLXW | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bray Wanderers | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 42 | WLWW | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bohemians | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 41 | LWLW | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| 9 | Galway United | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 50 | -7 | 37 | LLWL | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 28 | LXWO | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 60 | -29 | 22 | WLLL | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 35 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 31 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 67 | -44 | 13 | LLLL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | ||
| 16 | +1 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) |
| Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) | ||
| 15 | +1 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) |
| 12 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 10 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | |
| +1 | Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | |
| 9 | +1 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) |
| Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | ||
| +1 | Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | |
| 8 | +1 | Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's, 1p) |
| 7 | +1 | Ger PENDER (Bray Wanderers) |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | ||
| Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | ||
| +2 | Kevin DEVANEY (Galway United) | |
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| 6 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Brian GARTLAND (Dundalk) | |
| +2 | Danny FURLONG (Wexford, 1p) | |
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 2p) |
| Friday, 14 October 2016 | |||||
| 31 | Cork City | 2-0 | Finn Harps | ||
| 44(og) | McNulty | ||||
| 59 | Dooley | ||||
| 31 | Shamrock Rovers | 0-3 | Dundalk | ||
| 53 | Gartland | ||||
| 62 | Massey | ||||
| 71 | Shiels | ||||
| 31 | Sligo Rovers | 1-0 | Longford Town | ||
| 13(og) | Coulter | ||||
| 31 | Derry City | 2-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 51(p) | McEneff | 17 | Byrne | ||
| 63 | Patterson | ||||
| 31 | Bray Wanderers | 2-1 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 57 | Pender | 12 | McGrath | ||
| 70 | McNally | ||||
| 31 | Wexford | 5-4 | Galway United | ||
| 3 | Keenan | 61 | Devaney | ||
| 38 | Furlong | 68(og) | Friel | ||
| 40 | Whittle | 72 | Devaney | ||
| 50 | O'Connor | 75 | Melody | ||
| 53 | Furlong | ||||
| Monday, 17 October 2016 | |||||
| 21 | St. Patrick's | 3-1 | Cork City | ||
| 16 | Fagan | 45 | Bennett | ||
| 84 | Verdon | ||||
| 90 | Byrne | ||||
| 29 | Longford Town | 0-3 | Dundalk | ||
| 15 | Massey | ||||
| 41 | McMillan | ||||
| 48 | Horgan | ||||
