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 | ||||
| 192 | 487 | 2.53 | 89 | 46.35% | 42 | 21.88% | 61 | 31.77% |
| 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 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 74 | LWWW | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 12 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 70 | WWLW | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 59 | WWWX | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 52 | OLLX | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 46 | LWWO | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||
| 6 | St. Patrick's | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 45 | WLWL | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | ||
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 43 | OWLW | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||
| 8 | Bohemians | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 41 | LLWL | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 9 | Galway United | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 50 | -7 | 38 | OLLW | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 29 | OLXW | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 65 | -34 | 23 | LOWL | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 40 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 67 | -44 | 14 | OLLL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 36 | ||
| 18 | +2 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) |
| 16 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) | |
| 15 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 1p) | |
| 12 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 11 | +3 | Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's, 1p) |
| 10 | +1 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | ||
| 9 | Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 4p) | |
| Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | ||
| 7 | Ger PENDER (Bray Wanderers) | |
| Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | ||
| Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Kevin DEVANEY (Galway United) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Brian GARTLAND (Dundalk) | |
| 6 | Gary SHAW (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| +1 | Aaron McENEFF (Derry City, 5p) | |
| Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | ||
| Danny FURLONG (Wexford, 1p) | ||
| Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | ||
| David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 2p) |
| Friday, 21 October 2016 | |||||
| 32 | Cork City | 3-1 | St. Patrick's | ||
| 28 | O'Sullivan | 23 | Byrne | ||
| 48 | Maguire | ||||
| 52 | Beattie | ||||
| 32 | Shamrock Rovers | 0-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 32 | Derry City | 2-1 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 64 | McEneff | 45 | McCann | ||
| 77 | McNamee | ||||
| 32 | Wexford | 0-0 | Finn Harps | ||
| 32 | Galway United | 0-0 | Longford Town | ||
| Sunday, 23 October 2016 | |||||
| 32 | Dundalk | 2-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 15 | Boyle | 29(p) | Quigley | ||
| 63 | Gartland | ||||
| Monday, 24 October 2016 | |||||
| 29 | Cork City | 5-0 | Wexford | ||
| 7 | Ogbene | ||||
| 10 | Ogbene | ||||
| 32 | Maguire | ||||
| 38 | McCarthy | ||||
| 57 | Holohan | ||||
| Tuesday, 25 October 2016 | |||||
| 27 | St. Patrick's | 5-2 | Dundalk | ||
| 19 | Fagan | 48 | Shiels | ||
| 26 | Byrne | 62 | O'Connor | ||
| 36 | Byrne | ||||
| 40 | Bermingham | ||||
| 86 | Lunney | ||||
