Premiership — 2021

Northern Ireland · Football

Conference Standings — 2021

The 2021 Premiership season standings featuring 24 teams. Glenavon FC leads the table with 54 points from 38 matches, followed by Ballymena United on 53 points. The teams have scored 1,171 goals combined this season.

Premiership: Relegation Round

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Diff	Points
1	Glenavon FC	38	15	9	14	54	50	+4	54
2	Ballymena United	38	16	5	17	46	52	-6	53
3	Dungannon Swifts	38	11	2	25	46	86	-40	35
4	Carrick Rangers	38	9	7	22	41	67	-26	34
5	Portadown	38	5	10	23	29	72	-43	25
6	Warrenpoint Town	38	6	3	29	35	79	-44	21

Premiership: Championship Round

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Diff	Points
1	Linfield	38	24	11	3	67	24	+43	83
2	Cliftonville FC	38	24	10	4	61	29	+32	82
3	Glentoran	38	21	8	9	68	44	+24	71
4	Crusaders FC	38	21	5	12	60	36	+24	68
5	Larne	38	17	11	10	61	39	+22	62
6	Coleraine FC	38	14	9	15	55	45	+10	51

Premiership: Regular Season

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Diff	Points
1	Linfield	33	22	8	3	62	22	+40	74
2	Cliftonville FC	33	22	7	4	54	24	+30	73
3	Glentoran	33	21	6	6	64	34	+30	69
4	Crusaders FC	33	19	4	10	47	28	+19	61
5	Larne	33	15	8	10	56	38	+18	53
6	Coleraine FC	33	13	9	11	50	32	+18	48
7	Glenavon FC	33	12	9	12	46	44	+2	45
8	Ballymena United	33	13	5	15	38	46	-8	44
9	Dungannon Swifts	33	9	1	23	40	81	-41	28
10	Carrick Rangers	33	6	7	20	33	62	-29	25
11	Portadown	33	5	9	19	28	63	-35	24
12	Warrenpoint Town	33	3	3	27	30	74	-44	12

Betting Insights

52.0%Both Score %

56.0%Over 2.5 / 5.5 %

36.0%Home Win %

18.0%Draw %

46.0%Away Win %

Most Common Scorelines

1-2

16.0%(8)

2-0

10.0%(5)

0-0

10.0%(5)

0-1

8.0%(4)

1-0

6.0%(3)

2-1

6.0%(3)

1-1

6.0%(3)

2-4

4.0%(2)

2-3

4.0%(2)

3-0

4.0%(2)

Teams

Linfield

Ballymena United

Coleraine FC

Crusaders FC

Cliftonville FC

Glenavon FC

Portadown

Carrick Rangers

Dungannon Swifts

Glentoran

Larne

Warrenpoint Town

Annagh United

Season Results

Match results from this season listed in chronological order. Historical results provide context for understanding how the season unfolded and which teams performed above or below expectations.

13 May	Glentoran	2 – 4	Larne
10 May	Glentoran	2 – 0	Glenavon FC
10 May	Larne	2 – 0	Coleraine FC
6 May	Portadown	1 – 0	Annagh United
3 May	Annagh United	2 – 3	Portadown
30 Apr	Glenavon FC	1 – 2	Warrenpoint Town
30 Apr	Portadown	0 – 5	Carrick Rangers
30 Apr	Dungannon Swifts	1 – 2	Ballymena United
30 Apr	Crusaders FC	1 – 2	Larne
30 Apr	Linfield	2 – 0	Coleraine FC

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