Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership scored / conceded first - historical 2025

When team scored first

Total

When team scored first (Overall)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Glenavon	11 out of 38	29%	10	1	0	26 - 7	31	2.82
Portadown	17 out of 38	45%	14	2	1	29 - 7	44	2.59
Linfield	30 out of 38	79%	25	2	3	64 - 21	77	2.57
Ballymena Utd	16 out of 38	42%	13	2	1	34 - 12	41	2.56
Coleraine	17 out of 38	45%	13	4	0	36 - 13	43	2.53
Crusaders	19 out of 38	50%	15	2	2	34 - 14	47	2.47
Larne	18 out of 38	47%	13	4	1	31 - 12	43	2.39
Glentoran	17 out of 38	45%	12	4	1	30 - 11	40	2.35
Dungannon	25 out of 38	66%	17	5	3	44 - 20	56	2.24
Cliftonville	21 out of 38	55%	14	4	3	46 - 17	46	2.19
Carrick Rangers	14 out of 38	37%	7	2	5	24 - 18	23	1.64
Loughgall	9 out of 38	24%	4	2	3	17 - 13	14	1.56
League total	214						505	2.36

Home

When team scored first (At home)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Glenavon	4 out of 19	21%	4	0	0	9 - 2	12	3.00
Portadown	10 out of 20	50%	9	1	0	16 - 3	28	2.80
Coleraine	9 out of 19	47%	8	1	0	21 - 7	25	2.78
Linfield	17 out of 20	85%	15	0	2	35 - 11	45	2.65
Glentoran	9 out of 17	53%	7	2	0	13 - 4	23	2.56
Ballymena Utd	9 out of 18	50%	7	1	1	21 - 9	22	2.44
Crusaders	9 out of 20	45%	7	1	1	19 - 9	22	2.44
Cliftonville	14 out of 18	78%	11	1	2	30 - 8	34	2.43
Larne	7 out of 18	39%	5	2	0	12 - 4	17	2.43
Dungannon	14 out of 20	70%	10	2	2	24 - 13	32	2.29
Carrick Rangers	10 out of 20	50%	6	0	4	19 - 13	18	1.80
Loughgall	7 out of 19	37%	3	1	3	14 - 11	10	1.43
League total	119						288	2.42

Away

When team scored first (Away)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Glenavon	7 out of 19	37%	6	1	0	17 - 5	19	2.71
Ballymena Utd	7 out of 20	35%	6	1	0	13 - 3	19	2.71
Crusaders	10 out of 18	56%	8	1	1	15 - 5	25	2.50
Linfield	13 out of 18	72%	10	2	1	29 - 10	32	2.46
Larne	11 out of 20	55%	8	2	1	19 - 8	26	2.36
Portadown	7 out of 18	39%	5	1	1	13 - 4	16	2.29
Coleraine	8 out of 19	42%	5	3	0	15 - 6	18	2.25
Dungannon	11 out of 18	61%	7	3	1	20 - 7	24	2.18
Glentoran	8 out of 21	38%	5	2	1	17 - 7	17	2.13
Loughgall	2 out of 19	11%	1	1	0	3 - 2	4	2.00
Cliftonville	7 out of 20	35%	3	3	1	16 - 9	12	1.71
Carrick Rangers	4 out of 18	22%	1	2	1	5 - 5	5	1.25
League total	95						217	2.28

When opponent scored first

Total

When opponent scored first (Overall)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Linfield	6 out of 38	16%	2	0	4	5 - 7	6	1.00
Larne	17 out of 38	45%	4	5	8	15 - 21	17	1.00
Glentoran	16 out of 38	42%	5	1	10	19 - 26	16	1.00
Cliftonville	14 out of 38	37%	3	0	11	12 - 24	9	0.64
Portadown	21 out of 38	55%	2	6	13	19 - 38	12	0.57
Coleraine	19 out of 38	50%	2	4	13	19 - 37	10	0.53
Glenavon	24 out of 38	63%	2	6	16	16 - 40	12	0.50
Crusaders	18 out of 38	47%	1	3	14	13 - 39	6	0.33
Ballymena Utd	21 out of 38	55%	1	2	18	13 - 42	5	0.24
Loughgall	27 out of 38	71%	1	3	23	19 - 72	6	0.22
Carrick Rangers	18 out of 38	47%	0	3	15	8 - 41	3	0.17
Dungannon	13 out of 38	34%	0	1	12	7 - 28	1	0.08
League total	214						103	0.48

Home

When opponent scored first (At home)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Linfield	3 out of 20	15%	1	0	2	2 - 4	3	1.00
Portadown	10 out of 20	50%	2	4	4	12 - 16	10	1.00
Glenavon	14 out of 19	74%	2	4	8	13 - 22	10	0.71
Larne	9 out of 18	50%	1	3	5	5 - 11	6	0.67
Coleraine	9 out of 19	47%	1	2	6	9 - 18	5	0.56
Crusaders	11 out of 20	55%	1	3	7	11 - 27	6	0.55
Ballymena Utd	9 out of 18	50%	0	2	7	4 - 15	2	0.22
Glentoran	5 out of 17	29%	0	1	4	3 - 9	1	0.20
Dungannon	6 out of 20	30%	0	1	5	3 - 12	1	0.17
Loughgall	12 out of 19	63%	0	2	10	8 - 34	2	0.17
Cliftonville	2 out of 18	11%	0	0	2	0 - 3	0	0.00
Carrick Rangers	5 out of 20	25%	0	0	5	1 - 11	0	0.00
League total	95						46	0.48

Away

When opponent scored first (Away)

	Matches	Perc.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts	PPG
Larne	8 out of 20	40%	3	2	3	10 - 10	11	1.38
Glentoran	11 out of 21	52%	5	0	6	16 - 17	15	1.36
Linfield	3 out of 18	17%	1	0	2	3 - 3	3	1.00
Cliftonville	12 out of 20	60%	3	0	9	12 - 21	9	0.75
Coleraine	10 out of 19	53%	1	2	7	10 - 19	5	0.50
Loughgall	15 out of 19	79%	1	1	13	11 - 38	4	0.27
Ballymena Utd	12 out of 20	60%	1	0	11	9 - 27	3	0.25
Carrick Rangers	13 out of 18	72%	0	3	10	7 - 30	3	0.23
Glenavon	10 out of 19	53%	0	2	8	3 - 18	2	0.20
Portadown	11 out of 18	61%	0	2	9	7 - 22	2	0.18
Crusaders	7 out of 18	39%	0	0	7	2 - 12	0	0.00
Dungannon	7 out of 18	39%	0	0	7	4 - 16	0	0.00
League total	119						57	0.48

League statistics

228 matches played / 228

100.0% completed

Home wins:	44%	Over 1.5 goals:	72%
Draws:	21%	Over 2.5 goals:	48%
Away wins:	35%	Over 3.5 goals:	27%

Goals:	580	Home goals per match:	1.33
Goals per match:	2.54	Away goals per match:	1.21
		Both teams scored:	46%

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