The Stats Lab ⚡
Verified team-level numbers · this season and last
2026/27 so far · 27 matches
2.63
Goals per game
56%
Over 2.5
41%
Both scored
44%
Home wins
Derived from every recorded result — points per game, clean sheets and goal rates need nothing but the scorelines, so they are complete for the 27 matches played.
Team stats · 27 matches played
The Entertainment Index · goals per game in their matches · 2026/27
Crusaders · 5/5 over 2.5 · 5/5 BTS3.80
Bangor · 3/4 over 2.5 · 1/4 BTS3.25
Ballymena United · 3/4 over 2.5 · 2/4 BTS3.00
Coleraine · 3/5 over 2.5 · 2/5 BTS2.80
Portadown · 3/5 over 2.5 · 2/5 BTS2.80
Cliftonville · 3/5 over 2.5 · 2/5 BTS2.60
Glentoran · 3/5 over 2.5 · 3/5 BTS2.60
Limavady United · 1/4 over 2.5 · 1/4 BTS2.25
Dungannon Swifts · 1/5 over 2.5 · 1/5 BTS2.20
Carrick Rangers · 2/5 over 2.5 · 1/5 BTS2.20
Linfield · 2/5 over 2.5 · 1/5 BTS2.00
Larne · 1/2 over 2.5 · 1/2 BTS1.50
Every figure here comes from the scorelines, so it covers every game played — but these are counts, not rates: 27 matches into the season, “2 of 3” is a fortnight, not a habit. League-wide so far: 71 goals in 27 matches, 2.63 a game.
Runs
Current runs of 3 or more, from every recorded result.
Who they have played
Points per game against the current top 6 and against the rest. Measured against the table as it stands, so it shifts as clubs move — a win over a side who then slide down becomes a result against the bottom half.
Leading scorers · 2026/27
The top of the chart, not all of it — via Transfermarkt, 29 Aug 2026.
Possession & shooting · per match
Possession and shooting are entered by hand and cover 26 of the 27 matches played. Each figure is an average over the games written up, not the games played — any club short of the full set says so on its row.
The Entertainment Index · goals per game in their matches · 2025/26 · final
Crusaders · O2.5 63% · BTS 50%3.39
Carrick Rangers · O2.5 61% · BTS 66%3.21
Coleraine · O2.5 61% · BTS 58%3.16
Dungannon Swifts · O2.5 55% · BTS 39%3.13
Cliftonville · O2.5 58% · BTS 58%3.00
Glentoran · O2.5 53% · BTS 53%2.92
Portadown · O2.5 61% · BTS 53%2.89
Bangor · O2.5 53% · BTS 55%2.79
Glenavon · O2.5 58% · BTS 50%2.79
Ballymena United · O2.5 47% · BTS 55%2.74
Larne · O2.5 47% · BTS 39%2.61
Linfield · O2.5 47% · BTS 39%2.47
Crusaders games were pure chaos (3.39 goals a game); Linfield games were chess (2.47). League average: 55.3% of matches went over 2.5 goals, both teams scored in 51.3%.
🧤 Clean sheet kings · 2025/26 · final
Larne55%
Linfield42%
Glentoran39%
Coleraine34%
Cliftonville26%
% of games without conceding
⏱️ Half-time watch · 2025/26 · final
1.66
HT goals avg in Carrick Rangers games — the league's fastest starters
0.95
in Linfield games — bring a coffee for the first half
The xG Lab · expected goals per 90 · 2025/26 · final
Coleraine · xG 1.72 · xGA 1.08+0.64
Glentoran · xG 1.64 · xGA 0.96+0.68
Linfield · xG 1.56 · xGA 1.16+0.40
Larne · xG 1.56 · xGA 1.10+0.46
Dungannon Swifts · xG 1.42 · xGA 1.41+0.01
Cliftonville · xG 1.41 · xGA 1.46−0.05
Carrick Rangers · xG 1.32 · xGA 1.44−0.12
Crusaders · xG 1.25 · xGA 1.89−0.64
Glenavon · xG 1.21 · xGA 1.53−0.32
Portadown · xG 1.19 · xGA 1.61−0.42
Ballymena United · xG 1.17 · xGA 1.45−0.28
Bangor · xG 1.12 · xGA 1.60−0.48
The metric that stings east Belfast: Glentoran had the league's best xG difference (+0.68) and its meanest expected defence — and finished 3rd. Larne conceded 0.68 goals per game against an expected 1.10: title-winning goalkeeping and game management.
Clinical XI · goals vs expected goals · 2025/26 · final
26g / 16.8 xG+9.2
20g / 13.1 xG+6.9
21g / 13.0 xG+8.0
22g / 12.8 xG+9.2
20g / 11.3 xG+8.7
16g / 11.1 xG+4.9
12g / 8.3 xG+3.7
14g / 8.1 xG+5.9
14g / 7.7 xG+6.3
12g / 7.2 xG+4.8
Hoban scored 26 from chances worth 16.8 — 9.2 goals of pure finishing, the most clinical season the league has seen in years. Source: FootyStats, including play-offs; totals may differ slightly from the league-only scorer chart above.
Goals scored & possession · 2025/26 · final
Coleraine · 54.79% poss.83 goals
Glentoran · 53.71% poss.73 goals
Larne · 51.5% poss.73 goals
Carrick Rangers · 47.69% poss.65 goals
Linfield · 52.03% poss.64 goals
Cliftonville · 48.03% poss.56 goals
Crusaders · 47.13% poss.48 goals
Dungannon Swifts · 50.49% poss.48 goals
Ballymena United · 49.76% poss.46 goals
Portadown · 46.95% poss.44 goals
Bangor · 45.55% poss.41 goals
Glenavon · 47.13% poss.37 goals
The quirk of 2025/26: Coleraine outscored everyone — 10 more than champions Larne — and still finished 2nd. All figures verified via AiScore and published stats tables, July 2026.
🚌 Longest away trips · 26/27
Bangor to Limavady United57 mi
Limavady United to Bangor57 mi
Glentoran to Limavady United52 mi
Coleraine to Bangor51 mi
Linfield to Limavady United51 mi
Portadown to Coleraine50 mi
League average season away miles: 456
Straight-line distance from ground coordinates (Wikidata, CC0), not road/travel miles.
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