The Stats Lab ⚡
25/26 season · verified team-level numbers
The Entertainment Index · goals per game in their matches
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
Larne55%
Linfield42%
Glentoran39%
Coleraine34%
Cliftonville26%
% of games without conceding
⏱️ Half-time watch
1.66
HT goals avg in Carrick 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
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 third. Larne conceded 0.68 goals per game against an expected 1.10: title-winning goalkeeping and game management.
Clinical XI · goals vs expected goals
Patrick Hoban26g / 16.8 xG+9.2
Matthew Shevlin20g / 13.1 xG+6.9
Joel Cooper21g / 13.0 xG+8.0
Fraser Bryden22g / 12.8 xG+9.2
Matthew Fitzpatrick20g / 11.3 xG+8.7
Daniel Purkis16g / 11.1 xG+4.9
Paul Heatley12g / 8.3 xG+3.7
Andrew Ryan14g / 8.1 xG+5.9
Eamon Fyfe14g / 7.7 xG+6.3
William Patching12g / 7.2 xG+4.8
Hoban scored 26 from chances worth 16.8 — over nine 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
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 25/26: Coleraine outscored everyone — 10 more than champions Larne — and still finished second. All figures verified via AiScore and published stats tables, July 2026.
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