It’s hard to believe that after eight months the Danske Bank Premiership league campaign comes to an end tomorrow and of course, we will still have the European and promotion/relegation play-off fixtures to look forward to.
Linfield have already wrapped up the league title and Ballymena secured second spot and automatic qualification for Europe with Tuesday night’s 4-3 victory over Glenavon. At the bottom of the table, Newry are currently three points adrift of Ards at the bottom and with a lesser goal difference, it looks like they will be the team that automatically gets relegated from the Premiership unless they can beat Dungannon and hope Warrenpoint do them a favour against Ards. Remember whichever team finishes 11th, whether it’s Ards or Newry, won’t be completely out of the woods as they will then face a play-off against either Carrick or Portadown from the Championship.
Here is the full Danske Bank Premiership fixture list going into tomorrow’s fixtures and if you are thinking of having a punt, head over to hardbonuscode.co.uk where you’ll find the latest offers to your advantage.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Linfield | 37 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 26 | 50 | 84 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 37 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 33 | 75 |
| 3 | Glenavon | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 46 | 24 | 67 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 37 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 52 | 16 | 65 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 37 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 61 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 55 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Institute | 37 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 50 | 70 | -20 | 44 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 65 | -22 | 39 |
| 10 | Warrenpoint Town | 37 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 78 | -28 | 38 |
| 11 | Ards | 37 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 62 | -32 | 26 |
| 12 | Newry City | 37 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 67 | -36 | 23 |
Tomorrow’s fixtures all kick off at 3:00pm and here is the full list of matches taking place, ready for the matchbook.
Ballymena United v Crusaders
Coleraine v Linfield
Glenavon v Cliftonville
Glentoran v Institute
Newry City v Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town v Ards
In terms of our prediction league, Henry currently holds the upper hand going into the final day with a three-point lead over Bryan in second. Here’s the full leaderboard and as you can see anyone but bottom-placed Keith Fitzsimons is still in with a shot at top spot:-
| 1: Henry | 113 |
| 2: Bryan | 110 |
| 3: Cameron/Keith O’D | 108 |
| 5: Adrian/Rodney | 107 |
| 7: Darren | 105 |
| 8: Keith F | 87 |
As always our team will get three points for predicting the correct result and a point for the correct outcome. Darren kicks things off this week.
Darren
Ballymena United 1-1 Crusaders
Coleraine 0-2 Linfield
Glenavon 2-0 Cliftonville
Glentoran 2-1 Institute
Newry City 1-1 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 3-1 Ards
Bryan
Ballymena United 2-1 Crusaders
Coleraine 0-3 Linfield
Glenavon 1-1 Cliftonville
Glentoran 1-2 Institute
Newry City 1-2 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 1-1 Ards
Henry
Ballymena United 1-1 Crusaders
Coleraine 2-2 Linfield
Glenavon 2-1 Cliftonville
Glentoran 2 -1 Institute
Newry City 0-2 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 1-1 Ards
Rodney
Ballymena United 2-0 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-2 Linfield
Glenavon 2-1 Cliftonville
Glentoran 1-1 Institute
Newry City 1-1 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 2-1 Ards
Adrian
Ballymena United 2-2 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-4 Linfield
Glenavon 2-0 Cliftonville
Glentoran 2-1 Institute
Newry City 1-5 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 2-1 Ards
Keith O’D
Ballymena United 1-2 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-1 Linfield
Glenavon 0-0 Cliftonville
Glentoran 1-0 Institute
Newry City 2-1 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 2-0 Ards
Cameron
Ballymena United 2-2 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-2 Linfield
Glenavon 1-0 Cliftonville
Glentoran 1-1 Institute
Newry City 3-1 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 1-1 Ards
Keith F
Ballymena United 2-1 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-3 Linfield
Glenavon 2-2 Cliftonville
Glentoran 3-1 Institute
Newry City 1-2 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 3-2 Ards
Tomorrow is also the last day of the Bluefin Sport Championship and Bluefin Sport Premier Intermediate League with the following Championship games all kicking off at 3:00pm:-
Ballinamallard United v Larne
Ballyclare Comrades v PSNI
Carrick Rangers v Portadown
Dergview v Loughgall
Harland and Wolff Welders v Dundela
Limavady United v Knockbreda
And the Championship league table looks like this:-
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Larne | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 19 | 63 | 78 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 61 |
| 3 | Portadown | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 51 |
| 4 | Dundela | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 58 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Ballinamallard United | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 46 | -7 | 39 |
| 6 | HW Welders | 31 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 66 | -23 | 34 |
| 7 | Loughgall | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 51 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 65 | -8 | 40 |
| 9 | Dergview | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 51 | -1 | 39 |
| 10 | Knockbreda | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 60 | -15 | 37 |
| 11 | PSNI | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 71 | -26 | 31 |
| 12 | Limavady Utd | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 62 | -20 | 29 |
And these are the final PIL fixtures, all kick off at 3:00pm:-
Annagh United v Armagh City
Banbridge Town v Tobermore United
Moyola Park v Portstewart
Newington Youth Club v Dollingstown
Queens University v Lurgan Celtic
Sport and Leisure Swifts v Lisburn Distillery
And the current league standings:-
| Pos | P | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | P |
| 1 | Queens University | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 34 | 53 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 31 | 44 |
| 3 | Tobermore United | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Banbridge Town | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Lisburn Distillery | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 33 |
| 6 | Portstewart | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Newington YC | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Moyola Park | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Lurgan Celtic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 43 | -20 | 19 |
| 10 | Dollingstown | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 48 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | Armagh City | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 44 | -22 | 17 |
| 12 | S&L Swifts | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 32 | 60 | -28 | 14 |
You can read Darren’s roundup on the midweek Premiership fixtures and our SSE Airtricity League of Ireland (LOI) Premier Division fixtures elsewhere on overtheturnstile.uk today and next week we will be crowning our Danske Bank Premiership prediction league champion.
