Prior to Boxing Day, we were talking about a four-horse race in the title race but after their 3-0 win over Linfield on Thursday, Glentoran surely have to be acknowledged as being very much a part of the race to lift the Gibson Cup in May.
In the Boxing Day reshuffle, Cliftonville have now moved into 1st place in the league with the Blues dropping to 2nd and a mere four points separate 5th placed Crusaders from the top spot. You can read Darren’s full review on the festive fixtures elsewhere on overtheturnstile.uk today but here is the full league table:-
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Linfield | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 26 | 43 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 40 |
| 6 | Larne | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 49 | -15 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 59 | -34 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 48 | -30 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 64 | -49 | 12 |
Today the following six games take place in the Danske Bank Premiership at 15:00:-
Coleraine v Linfield
Crusaders v Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon v Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran v Ballymena United
Institute v Carrick Rangers
Larne v Cliftonville
It was a low scoring day in our Writer’s Prediction League but after predicting the correct result in Coleraine v Ballymena and the correct outcome in Glenavon v Dungannon, Rodney has moved into 1st place in the leaderboard, which now reads like this:-
| 1: Rodney | 78 |
| 2: Cameron | 77 |
| 3: Bryan/Adrian | 72 |
| 5: Darren | 69 |
| 6: Keith | 62 |
As always our team will get three points for a correct result and a point for the correct outcome. Sligo Rovers fan Keith kicks us off this week.
Keith
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Crusaders 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 0-0 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 0-0 Ballymena United
Institute 0-0 Carrick Rangers
Larne 0-0 Cliftonville
Cameron
Coleraine 1-1 Linfield
Crusaders 4-1 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 1-0 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 3-1 Ballymena United
Institute 1-1 Carrick Rangers
Larne 0-2 Cliftonville
Rodney
Coleraine 2-1 Linfield
Crusaders 3-0 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 3-0 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 2-0 Ballymena United
Institute 2-1 Carrick Rangers
Adrian
Coleraine 0-2 Linfield
Crusaders 4-0 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 3-1 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 3-0 Ballymena United
Institute 1-1 Carrick Rangers
Larne 0-2 Cliftonville
Bryan
Coleraine 2-1 Linfield
Crusaders 3-0 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 2-1 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 3-1 Ballymena United
Institute 1-3 Carrick Rangers
Larne 1-1 Cliftonville
Darren
Coleraine 1-1 Linfield
Crusaders 2-1 Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon 3-0 Warrenpoint Town
Glentoran 4-2 Ballymena United
Institute 1-1 Carrick Rangers
Larne 0-2 Cliftonville
