It can’t get much tighter in the Danske Bank Premiership at the moment, only five points separate the top five teams and only goal difference separates the top three!!! Currently, it’s Crusaders who are in 1st place, last season’s champions Linfield are 4th but have played two games less than the three sides above them.
At the other end of the table the bottom two sides, Warrenpoint and Institute, have begun to close the gap on the sides above them after terrible starts to the campaign and Dungannon, who topped the table at one stage, could be in danger of getting sucked into the danger zone if they don’t get some points on the board soon.
You can read all about last week’s matches elsewhere on overtheturnstile.uk but here is the full league table for now:-
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Crusaders | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Linfield | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 27 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | Larne | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 24 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 18 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 17 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 43 | -21 | 17 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 48 | -30 | 14 |
| 11 | Institute | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 57 | -44 | 9 |
In our Writers Prediction League, Cameron has snuck into a four-point lead but with only 11 points separating everyone a good or bad week for anyone can change things completely. Here is the full leaderboard:-
| 1: Cameron | 67 |
| 2: Rodney | 63 |
| 3: Adrian | 61 |
| 4: Bryan/Darren | 58 |
| 6: Keith | 56 |
Tomorrow there are six Danske Bank Premiership fixtures taking place, with all games kicking off at 15:00 unless otherwise stated:-
Carrick Rangers v Institute
Coleraine v Glentoran
Crusaders v Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts v Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon v Larne
Linfield v Cliftonville
Up first this week with their predictions is Rodney, as always it’s three points for getting a result correct and a point for a correct outcome.
Rodney
Carrick Rangers 2-0 Institute
Coleraine 2-1 Glentoran
Crusaders 3-0 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 2-1 Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon 2-2 Larne
Linfield 2-0 Cliftonville
Bryan
Carrick Rangers 2-2 Institute
Coleraine 2-2 Glentoran
Crusaders 2-0 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 1-2 Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon 1-3 Larne
Linfield 1-1 Cliftonville
Darren
Carrick Rangers 1-1 Institute
Coleraine 1-3 Glentoran
Crusaders 3-0 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 0-1 Warrenpoint Town1
Glenavon 1-2 Larne
Linfield 0-0 Cliftonville
Keith
Carrick Rangers 1-2 Institute
Coleraine 0-3 Glentoran
Crusaders 1-1 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 0-1 Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon 0-1 Larne
Linfield 1-2 Cliftonville
Adrian
Carrick Rangers 3-1 Institute
Coleraine 2-1 Glentoran
Crusaders 3-1 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 3-1 Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon 1-1 Larne
Linfield 3-2 Cliftonville
Cameron
Carrick Rangers 2-1 Institute
Coleraine 1-1 Glentoran
Crusaders 3-0 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 1-2 Warrenpoint Town
Glenavon 0-2 Larne
Linfield 2-2 Cliftonville
