Premiership 2026 Matchweek 3 · 22 Aug 2026
Crusaders FC vs Portadown in the Premiership 2026.
At Seaview, Belfast.
Crusaders FC beat Portadown 3–2. A. Brooks opened the scoring for Crusaders FC after 12 minutes. A. Brooks made it 3–1 after 57 minutes, and that was the winner.
Crusaders FC went into the match 8th and came out of it 4th, on 6 points. Portadown stayed 10th, on 0 points.
Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coleraine FC | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Cliftonville FC | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 4 | Crusaders FC | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Larne | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Portadown | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Limavady United | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Bangor | 2 | -5 | 0 |
Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Where clubs are level on all three, the order between them is ours and not the competition's.