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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Linfield (C)	38	28	5	5	60	25	+35	89	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Crusaders	38	24	5	9	55	23	+32	77	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round^[b]
3	Larne	38	21	8	9	51	25	+26	71	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs^[c]
4	Ballymena United	38	18	6	14	40	32	+8	60
5	Cliftonville	38	17	6	15	42	28	+14	57
6	Coleraine	38	17	6	15	49	37	+12	57

7	Glenavon (O)	38	16	11	11	47	31	+16	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs^[c]
8	Glentoran	38	15	10	13	49	32	+17	55
9	Portadown	38	12	10	16	42	41	+1	46
10	Dungannon Swifts	38	10	8	20	35	52	−17	38
11	Warrenpoint Town (R)	38	4	10	24	16	60	−44	22	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Carrick Rangers (R)	38	2	3	33	13	113	−100	9	Relegation to the NIFL Championship

Source: Northern Ireland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Drawing of lots^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams will play each other three times (33 matches), before the league splits into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ The 2020–21 Irish Cup winners will also qualify for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
^ ^a ^b Clubs will compete for one place in the Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BYM	CRK	CLF	COL	CRU	DUN	GLA	GLT	LAR	LIN	POR	WPT
Ballymena United	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–0
Carrick Rangers	0–2	—	1–5	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–3
Cliftonville	0–4	3–0	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–0	3–0
Coleraine	0–1	2–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–1
Crusaders	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	—	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–0
Dungannon Swifts	1–5	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2
Glenavon	1–1	5–0	0–1	4–4	3–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	3–0
Glentoran	0–1	6–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Larne	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–0	2–0
Linfield	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	—	2–0	4–0
Portadown	0–0	5–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	—	2–0
Warrenpoint Town	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Source: Northern Ireland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	BYM	CRK	CLF	COL	CRU	DUN	GLA	GLT	LAR	LIN	POR	WPT
Ballymena United	—	3–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	—	0–1	—	—
Carrick Rangers	—	—	—	—	0–4	0–5	—	—	0–2	—	0–3	2–1
Cliftonville	2–0	1–0	—	2–0	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	—	3–0
Coleraine	—	4–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–0
Crusaders	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	0–0	0–1	—	2–0	—	2–0
Dungannon Swifts	—	—	1–1	1–0	1–2	—	2–3	—	—	—	1–1	—
Glenavon	0–0	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—
Glentoran	—	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	—	2–1	—
Larne	2–0	—	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	—	—	—	0–1	—	4–0
Linfield	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	3–0
Portadown	0–1	—	2–1	—	2–0	—	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	—	—
Warrenpoint Town	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	—	0–0	—

Source: Northern Ireland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 34–38

Top six

Home \ Away	BYM	CLF	COL	CRU	LAR	LIN
Ballymena United	—	—	—	0–1	2–1	—
Cliftonville	0–0	—	—	1–0	—	2–0
Coleraine	1–0	2–0	—	—	—	—
Crusaders	—	a	2–0	—	2–1	2–0
Larne	—	1–0	2–1	—	—	0–1
Linfield	2–1	—	2–1	—	—	—

Source: Northern Ireland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Bottom six

Home \ Away	CRK	DUN	GLA	GLT	POR	WPT
Carrick Rangers	—	—	0–4	0–4	—	2–3
Dungannon Swifts	4–0	—	—	—	1–0	—
Glenavon	—	2–1	—	2–0	—	—
Glentoran	—	2–0	—	—	2–1	0–0
Portadown	5–0	—	2–0	—	—	—
Warrenpoint Town	—	0–0	0–1	—	1–1	—

Source: Northern Ireland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs

Quarterfinals

27 May 2021

15:00

Coleraine	1–2	Glenavon

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Semifinals

29 May 2021

15:00

Larne	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Glenavon

Inver Park, Larne

29 May 2021

15:00

Ballymena United	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cliftonville

Penalties
	4–2

The Showgrounds, Ballymena

Final

1 June 2021

19:45

Ballymena United	1–2	Glenavon

The Showgrounds, Ballymena

^ "NIFL Premiership Rules 2018–19" (PDF). NIFL. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[1] Teams will play each other three times (33 matches), before the league splits into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_note_res_ECL1Q0.8125368882029-2] The 2020–21 Irish Cup winners will also qualify for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round

[table_note_res_ECLPO0.8125368882029-3] Clubs will compete for one place in the Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

[4] "NIFL Premiership Rules 2018–19" (PDF). NIFL. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

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