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Northern Ireland · 2026/27 season

Northern Ireland Premiership Football Predictions

Coleraine FC leads the Northern Ireland Premiership with 34 points after 74 matches this season. The average goals per match is 2.76, with 55% of matches going over 2.5 goals and 51% seeing both teams score. Predictions could be affected if teams perform differently than expected or if key players are unavailable.

Teams 12 in the 2026/27 season
Matches played 74 of 198 scheduled this season
Prediction pages 7 fixtures in our publication window
Fixtures predicted 75 so far this season

Upcoming Northern Ireland Premiership fixtures

7 fixtures in our publication window — every row opens the full prediction; 53 more scheduled later this season.

Northern Ireland Premiership fixtures in our publication window with our pick, edge and best market odds
MatchLeaguePickEdgeOursMarketConf.Best odds
Larne vs Limavady UnitedNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership LarneOur prob 71%Best odds 1.34 -5% 71% 76% C 1.34
Coleraine FC vs GlentoranNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership Coleraine FCOur prob 52%Best odds 1.78 -1% 52% 52% C 1.78
Larne vs PortadownNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership LarneOur prob 60% — 60% — C —
Linfield vs Dungannon SwiftsNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership LinfieldOur prob 62%Best odds 1.53 +1% 62% 61% C 1.53
Ballymena United vs BangorNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership Ballymena UnitedOur prob 58%Best odds 1.65 +1% 58% 57% C 1.65
Cliftonville FC vs Carrick RangersNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership Cliftonville FCOur prob 42%Best odds 2.08 -2% 42% 44% C 2.08
Limavady United vs Crusaders FCNorthern Ireland PremiershipC Northern Ireland Premiership Limavady UnitedOur prob 55% — 55% — C —

Our prob = the probability we publish for that pick (the Ours column) — our model blended with the de-vigged market price where one is recorded; Market = that de-vigged market probability. Edge = Ours minus Market; grade A/B = the pick is backed by both/one team's xG record. Best odds = the top bookmaker price on our pick, taking each book at its own last update.

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Northern Ireland Premiership table

2026/27 season · computed from played results — ranked by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Form: last five, newest first.

Northern Ireland Premiership table from played results
#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1 Coleraine FC 13 1111 3112 +19 34
2 Linfield 13 1021 2010 +10 32
3 Larne 10 712 209 +11 22
4 Glentoran 12 624 1610 +6 20
5 Carrick Rangers 13 535 2220 +2 18
6 Ballymena United 11 434 1715 +2 15
7 Cliftonville FC 13 508 1616 0 15
8 Crusaders FC 13 508 1628 -12 15
9 Dungannon Swifts 12 426 1217 -5 14
10 Limavady United 12 417 1218 -6 13
11 Portadown 13 229 1123 -12 8
12 Bangor 13 139 1126 -15 6

P = played, GD = goal difference, Pts = points. Not an imported table: it is rebuilt from the results in our database, so it may lag the official one by a match.

Northern Ireland Premiership trends

How Northern Ireland Premiership matches actually ended in the 2026/27: 74 played matches. A record of results, not a forecast.

Home wins 43% 32 of 74 matches -3 pts vs 2025/26 (233)
Away wins 43% 32 of 74 matches +7 pts vs 2025/26 (233)
Over 2.5 goals 55% 41 of 74 matches -1 pts vs 2025/26 (233)
Both teams scored 51% 38 of 74 matches -1 pts vs 2025/26 (233)

Change is in percentage points against the 2025/26 season (233 played matches).

Top Northern Ireland Premiership teams by model rating

The attack and defence rates our model feeds into every prediction, as of the last update. Net = attack − defence, in goals per match.

Rates are decay-weighted over each team’s last 15 completed matches — xG where the window is xG-backed, goals otherwise — and shrunk towards the league average; a higher attack and a lower defence rate are better. Form: last five results, newest first.

Recent Northern Ireland Premiership results

Last 6 played — what we predicted and what happened.

Recent Northern Ireland Premiership results with our pre-match pick
DateMatchOur pickOur probScorePick
Bangor vs LarneOur pick Larne · 66% Larne to win 66% 1–2 Correct
Dungannon Swifts vs Cliftonville FCOur pick Dungannon Swifts · 41% Dungannon Swifts to win 41% 1–3 Missed
Carrick Rangers vs Limavady UnitedOur pick Carrick Rangers · 58% Carrick Rangers to win 58% 1–1 Missed
Crusaders FC vs Coleraine FCOur pick Coleraine FC · 70% Coleraine FC to win 70% 0–5 Correct
Portadown vs LinfieldOur pick Linfield · 62% Linfield to win 62% 1–2 Correct
Larne vs LinfieldOur pick Larne · 45% Larne to win 45% 1–2 Missed

Our pick = the 1X2 selection we published before kick-off, with the probability we gave it; Correct/Missed compares that pick with the final result.