Premiership 2026 Matchweek 5 · 5 Sep 2026
Cliftonville FC vs Portadown in the Premiership 2026.
At Solitude, Belfast.
Cliftonville FC beat Portadown 3–1. B. Healy opened the scoring for Cliftonville FC after 18 minutes. B. Quinn made it 2–0 after 35 minutes, and that was the winner.
Cliftonville FC went into the match 7th and came out of it 4th, on 9 points. Portadown went into the match 11th and came out of it 12th, on 0 points.
Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | +5 | 12 |
| 2 | Linfield | 5 | +2 | 12 |
| 3 | Coleraine FC | 4 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Cliftonville FC | 5 | +3 | 9 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 | Crusaders FC | 4 | +2 | 9 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| 8 | Larne | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Bangor | 4 | -9 | 1 |
| 11 | Limavady United | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown | 5 | -8 | 0 |
Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored.