Premier Division Statistics
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GOALSCORERS
Gary Twigg's late intervention at Tallaght Stadium brings him to within one goal of Jason Byrne, whose third penalty of the season kept him on top of the chart.
Chris Turner also notched his third penalty for Dundalk on Friday night before seeing a controversial red card before the half time interval. It was Sean Connor's side's fifth red of the season.
All of Galway United's goals on Friday night came from strikes outside the 18-yard box and they lead the way in this regard with 6 in total. Cian McBrien has got two of those and both have come against Eddie Gormley's side.
CORRECT SCORE
With 60 games played, the most frequent final score has been 1-0, occurring on 17 occasions. League leaders Cork City have been involved in six of these scorelines.
| Scorer | Goals |
| Jason Byrne | 11 (3 pens) |
| Gary Twigg | 10 |
| Thomas Stewart | 5 |
| Mark Farren | 5 |
| Chris Turner | 5 (3 pens) |
| Raf Cretaro | 4 |
| Ciaran Martyn | 4 |
| Billy Dennehy | 3 |
| Guntars Silagailis | 3 |
| Vinny Faherty | 3 |
| Darren Mansaram | 3 |
| Padraig Amond | 3 |
| Denis Behan | 3 |
Gary Twigg's late intervention at Tallaght Stadium brings him to within one goal of Jason Byrne, whose third penalty of the season kept him on top of the chart.
Chris Turner also notched his third penalty for Dundalk on Friday night before seeing a controversial red card before the half time interval. It was Sean Connor's side's fifth red of the season.
All of Galway United's goals on Friday night came from strikes outside the 18-yard box and they lead the way in this regard with 6 in total. Cian McBrien has got two of those and both have come against Eddie Gormley's side.
CORRECT SCORE
With 60 games played, the most frequent final score has been 1-0, occurring on 17 occasions. League leaders Cork City have been involved in six of these scorelines.
| SCORES | TIMES | % | |
| 0 - 1 | 10 | 17% | |
| 2 - 1 | 8 | 13% | |
| 1 - 1 | 7 | 12% | |
| 1 - 0 | 7 | 12% | |
| 0 - 0 | 5 | 8% | |
| 0 - 3 | 5 | 8% | |
| 2 - 0 | 4 | 7% | |
| 2 - 2 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1 - 2 | 3 | 5% | |
| 3 - 0 | 3 | 5% |
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