Champions Larne start defence against Loughgall

Irish Premiership champions Larne are scheduled to statesman nan defence of nan title they person won for nan past 2 seasons against Loughgall connected 10 August.

The opening information of fixtures for nan commencement of nan 2024-25 run besides spot past year's runners-up Linfield recreation to Ballymena United.

Glentoran are astatine location to Crusaders, Carrick Rangers will big Glenavon, Cliftonville entertain recently promoted Premiership champions Portadown and Dungannon Swifts look Coleraine.

All fixtures during nan play are taxable to imaginable change, including for unrecorded broadcast reasons and imaginable engagement successful European competition.

The 2nd group of matches connected 17 August see Larne distant to Crusaders and Coleraine astatine location to Ballymena United successful a derby brushwood astatine Ballycastle Road.

Portadown meantime play their first location crippled since their elevation to nan apical formation against Glentoran.

That group of six games will beryllium followed by a group of midweek fixtures connected Tuesday 20 August, which includes an brushwood involving eastbound Antrim rivals Carrick and Larne.

Crusaders return connected Cliftonville successful nan first northbound Belfast derby of nan caller word connected 24 August, pinch nan first 'Big Two' derby betwixt Linfield and Glentoran pencilled successful for 5 October, nan aforesaid time arsenic Glenavon are scheduled to play Portadown successful nan opening gathering of nan 2 Mid-Ulster clubs.

Other derby dates see Carrick against Larne connected 12 October, Ballymena play big to Coleraine connected 19 October, Cliftonville are astatine location to Crusaders connected 2 November, nan Glens big Linfield and nan Ports big nan Lurgan Blues connected 23 November.

This year's Boxing Day matches will beryllium played astatine nan Oval [Glentoran v Linfield], Seaview [Crusaders v Cliftonville], Inver Park [Larne v Carrick Rangers], Ballycastle Road Showgrounds [Coleraine v Ballymena Utd], Mourneview Park [Glenavon v Portadown] and Stangmore Park [Dungannon Swifts v Loughgall].

Glentoran v Crusaders

Larne v Loughgall

Ballymena Utd v Linfield

Carrick Rangers v Glenavon

Dungannon Swifts v Coleraine

Cliftonville v Portadown

Matches scheduled for 10 August