ARMAGH v GALWAY
Galway lead the way on the table with four points, with Armagh on two points.
Galway have a scoring difference of 11+ while Armagh are on -1.
CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
ARMAGH
- Armagh 0-20 Antrim 1-8 (Preliminary round)
- Armagh 1-14 Cavan 0-12 (quarter-final)
- Armagh 4-10 Down 0-12 (semi-final)
- Derry 1-15 Armagh 0-18 aet: Derry win 3-1 on penalties (Ulster final)
- Armagh 1-13 Westmeath 1-12 (All-Ireland Group 2)
- Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 0-11 (All-Ireland Group 2)
Top Scorers
- Conor Turbitt 1-17 (0-7 frees, 0-1 mark)
- Rian O’Neill 1-11 (0-6 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
- Rory Grugan 0-14 (0-8 frees)
- Andrew Murnin 1-6
- Shane McPartlan 1-5
GALWAY
- Galway 1-13 Roscommon 1-9 (Connacht semi-final)
- Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 (Connacht final)
- Galway 0-16 Tyrone 0-13 (All-Ireland Group 2)
- Galway 0-20 Westmeath 0-12 (All-Ireland Group 2)
Top Scorers
- Matthew Tierney 2-11 (0-1 free, 0-1 mark, 0-2 ‘45’)
- Shane Walsh 0-14 (0-11 frees)
- Damien Comer 1-8
- Peter Cooke 0-7
- Johnny Heaney 0-6 (0-1 mark)
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
- 2022: Galway 2-21 Armagh 3-18 aet (Galway won 4-1 on penalties)
- 2015: Galway 1-12 Armagh 0-12 (qualifier)
- 2013: Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9 (qualifier)
- 2001: Galway 0-13 Armagh 0-12 (qualifier)
They meet for only the fifth time in the championship, with Galway having won the
previous four.
Their most recent clash was in last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final which Galway won on penalties after extra-time failed to separate them.
Galway beat Armagh by 1-8 to 1-6 in Round 6 of this year’s Division 1 campaign.
Galway have conceded only one goal in their last five championship games (four this
year, plus last year’s All-Ireland final)
This will be Armagh’s seventh game in this year’s championship, having already had four in Ulster and two in the ‘round robin’ series.
Prediction: Galway
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