‘Donegal will fancy their chances this weekend v Tyrone’ — Poacher

Steven Poacher believes Donegal will fancy their chances of beating Tyrone this weekend in the All-Ireland football preliminary quarter-finals.

It’s Preliminary All-Ireland Quarterfinal weekend, with four very interesting games
featuring three Connacht, three Ulster, one Leinster and one Munster county.

The winners will play Armagh, Derry, Dublin and Kerry in the quarterfinals next weekend.

There’s also Tailteann Cup action in Croke Park on Sunday, where Meath will take on
Antrim and Down will play Laois, with all teams looking to book their spots in the Tailteann Cup final.

DONEGAL V TYRONE
Donegal have won two and lost two of their four championship games so far; Tyrone have won one, drawn one and lost two of their four games.

Donegal and Tyrone last met in the championship in 2021 when Tyrone won an Ulster semi-final by six points.

CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
DONEGAL

• Down 2-13 Donegal 1-11 (Ulster quarter-final)
• Donegal 0-14 Clare 0-9 (All-Ireland Group 4)
• Derry 3-14 Donegal 1-15 (All-Ireland Group 4)
• Donegal 0-19 Monaghan 0-17 (All-Ireland Group 4)

TOP SCORERS

1. Oisin Gallen……0-18 (0-6 frees, 0-2 marks)
2. Ciaran Thompson….0-11 (0-3 frees)
3. Conor O’Donnell….0-7
4. Daire O Baoill………..0-6

TYRONE

• Monaghan 2-17 Tyrone 1-18 (Ulster quarter-final)
• Galway 0-16 Tyrone 0-13 (All-Ireland Group 2)
• Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 0-11 (All-Ireland Group 2)
• Tyrone 0-18 Westmeath 0-18 (All-Ireland Group 2)

TOP SCORERS

1. Darragh Canavan…….1-20 (0-10 frees, 0-1 mark)
2. Darren McCurry……….0-18 (0-9 frees)
3. Mattie Donnelly……….0-5

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

• 2021: Tyrone 0-23 Donegal 1-14 (Ulster semi-final)
• 2020: Donegal 1-13 Tyrone 1-11 (Ulster quarter-final)
• 2019: Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 0-15 (Ulster semi-final)
• 2018: Tyrone 2-17 Donegal 1-13 (2018 ‘Super 8s’)
• 2017: Tyrone 1-21 Donegal 1-12 (Ulster semi-final)

*This will be the 27th championship meeting between the counties, with Tyrone leading 14-11 with one draw from their previous 26 clashes.

*Tyrone beat Donegal by 0-16 to 0-8 in this year’s Allianz League.

The Preliminary Quarterfinals line up is as follows:

SATURDAY
Cork v Roscommon, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 2.00pm
Kildare v Monaghan, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 4.45pm
Donegal v Tyrone, Ballybofey, 7.00pm

SUNDAY
Galway v Mayo, Pearse Stadium, 3.00pm

TAILTEANN CUP SEMI-FINALS
SUNDAY
Antrim v Meath, Croke Park, 2.00pm
Down v Laois, Croke Park, 4.00pm