The league title is already decided in the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division with Dundalk retaining their title two weeks ago but things are still very much open in our writer’s prediction league. Currently, Darren leads the way but only two points separate him from Bryan and Cameron and a good week could potentially even throw Liam and Rodney right back into the mix.
Here is the full leaderboard in the Over the Turnstile Writer’s Prediction League going into this weekend:-
| 1: Darren | 85 |
| 2: Cameron/Bryan | 83 |
| 4: Liam | 74 |
| 5: Rodney | 73 |
| 6:Keith | 68 |
| 7: Adrian | 65 |
Due to FAI Cup semi-finals taking place last week it’s been two weeks since our last set of predictions, that time around was actually a low scoring one for our current leader as he only managed a single point by correctly predicting Dundalk would beat Waterford but he went for a 2-0 scoreline as opposed to the slender 1-0 victory it actually turned out to be for the Lillywhites.
Liam was the top scorer with five points, getting the correct result and scoreline for the U.C.D. v Sligo match and also correctly calling a Dundalk win and a draw between Cork and Finn Harps. Bottom placed Adrian is also finishing the season strongly and is closing in on 5th placed Keith.
This week there are four fixtures taking place tonight and a further one tomorrow, the full list of fixtures is below with all games taking place tonight at 19:45 unless otherwise stated:-
Bohemians v Cork City
Dundalk v Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Waterford
Finn Harps v U.C.D. (tonight at 20:00)
Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers (tomorrow night at 19:45)
In addition to these five fixtures, the promotion/relegation play-offs also begin this week with Cabinteely hosting Longford tonight in the first leg of their tie, the winner will go on to face Drogheda who finished 2nd in the First Division.
Just to remind you, this is what the Premier Division looks like going into this weekend’s fixtures:-
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Dundalk | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 15 | 52 | 80 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 65 |
| 3 | Derry City | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 29 | 20 | 51 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | St. Patrick’s Athletic | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 48 |
| 6 | Sligo Rovers | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 41 |
| 7 | Waterford | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 50 | -12 | 34 |
| 8 | Cork City | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 31 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 59 | -34 | 24 |
| 10 | U.C.D. | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 72 | -51 | 18 |
First up this week with his predictions is reigning champion Rodney, as always it’s three points for predicting the correct result and a point for the correct outcome.
Rodney
Bohemians 3-0 Cork City
Dundalk 2-0 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Waterford
Finn Harps 2-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 1-3 Shamrock Rovers
Liam
Bohemians 2-0 Cork City
Dundalk 3-1 Derry City
St Patrick’s Athletic 2-0 Waterford
Finn Harps 0-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 0-4 Shamrock Rovers
Keith
Bohemians 2-0 Cork City
Dundalk 4-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-1 Waterford
Finn Harps 1-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 2-1 Shamrock Rovers
Darren
Bohemians 2-0 Cork City
Dundalk 3-0 Derry City
St. Patrick’s 1-1 Waterford
Finn Harps 0-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 1-2 Shamrock Rovers
Cameron
Bohemians 3-0 Cork City
Dundalk 2-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Waterford
Finn Harps 1-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 1-3 Shamrock Rovers
Adrian
Bohemians 3-0 Cork City
Dundalk 1-1 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-1 Waterford
Finn Harps 2-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
Bryan
Bohemians 3-1 Cork City
Dundalk 1-2 Derry City
St. Patrick’s Athletic 2-0 Waterford
Finn Harps 1-0 U.C.D.
Sligo Rovers 1-2 Shamrock Rovers
Check out our predictions for this weekend’s fixtures north of the border elsewhere on overtheturnstile.uk today and join us again next week as we continue our coverage of the League of Ireland.
