Premier Division (Ireland) table 2025/2026
- Leader Shamrock Rovers 66 pts
- Most above xPts Derry City +10.11 against expected points
- Most below xPts Cork City −11.23 against expected points
The standings, with the expected figures beside them: what each club's chances were worth, match by match, next to what it actually took.
| # restore the table order | Team | P sort descending | W sort descending | D sort descending | L sort descending | GF sort descending | GA sort descending | GD sort descending | Pts sort descending | xG sort descending | xGA sort descending | xGD sort descending | xPts sort descending | Pts vs xPts sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers SHA | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 66 | 44.86 | 29.64 | +15.22 | 59.64 | +6.36 |
| 2 | Derry City DER | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 63 | 45.01 | 37.30 | +7.71 | 52.89 | +10.11 |
| 3 | Shelbourne SHE | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 59 | 46.56 | 34.17 | +12.39 | 58.27 | +0.73 |
| 4 | Bohemian FC BOH | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 54 | 49.66 | 36.01 | +13.65 | 58.03 | −4.03 |
| 5 | St. Patrick's Athletic STP | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 52 | 47.11 | 32.57 | +14.54 | 59.91 | −7.91 |
| 6 | Drogheda United DRO | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 51 | 34.29 | 45.22 | −10.93 | 41.46 | +9.54 |
| 7 | Waterford FC WAT | 37 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 42 | 37.30* | 58.89 | −21.59 | 34.95 | +4.05 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers SLI | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 41 | 42.70 | 53.80 | −11.10 | 43.24 | −2.24 |
| 9 | Galway United GAL | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 39 | 46.22 | 46.62 | −0.40 | 48.41 | −9.41 |
| 10 | Cork City COR | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 24 | 31.35 | 50.84 | −19.49 | 35.23 | −11.23 |
| 11 | Bray Wanderers BRA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | 3.00* | 3.57 | −0.57 | 3.47 | +5.53 |
| 12 | Cobh Ramblers FC COB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.48 | 2.28 | −0.80 | 1.89 | +1.11 |
| 13 | Treaty United FC TRE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 3.39 | 2.37 | +1.02 | 5.00 | −2.00 |
| 14 | University College Dublin UNI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 2.46 | 2.11 | +0.35 | 3.21 | −3.21 |
- More points than xPts
- Fewer points than xPts
- xG is available for 36 of 37 matches for Waterford FC.
- xG is available for 3 of 4 matches for Bray Wanderers.
- For those clubs the expected columns count only the matches with xG, and Pts vs xPts sets their expected points against the points from those same matches.
How to read this table
- xG
- Expected goals: the summed chance quality of the shots a club took. A chance scored nine times in ten is worth 0.9.
- xGA
- Expected goals against: the same measure for the shots a club allowed.
- xGD
- xG minus xGA: how far a club's chances outweighed its opponents', or the other way round.
- xPts
- Expected points: the points a club's match-by-match xG would be worth on average. Each match's two xG figures become chances of a win, a draw and a loss, and a win is worth 3 and a draw 1.
- Pts vs xPts
- Actual points minus expected points based on match xG. Positive, drawn in green, is more points than the chances were worth on average; negative, in red, is fewer. It measures the gap and says nothing about its cause.
- npxG
- Non-penalty xG: xG with penalties removed, offered where the competition's figures support it. It changes xG, xGA and xGD; xPts is always worked out from all xG.
Expected points are read off the same score matrix that prices the board: each played match's two xG totals are taken as scoring rates, and the team's share is 3 × P(win) + 1 × P(draw), summed over the season. Understat arrives at the same figure by simulating each shot, which needs per-shot data, held here for %{competitions}. Passes per defensive action and deep completions are not shown because no source here ingests the event data behind them.