DUBLIN v SLIGO
Dublin are on three points and have a scoring difference of 9+ points.
Sligo have one point and a score difference of -10 points.
CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
DUBLIN
- Dublin 4-30 Laois 2-9 (Leinster quarter-final)
- Dublin 0-14 Kildare 0-12 (Leinster semi-final)
- Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-15 (Leinster final)
- Dublin 1-11 Roscommon 0-14 (All-Ireland Group 3)
- Dublin 0-22 Kildare 0-13 (All-Ireland Group 3)
Top Scorers
- Con O’Callaghan 1-19 (0-3 frees, 0-3 marks)
- Colm Basquel 2-11
- Cormac Costello 0-13 (0-6 frees, 0-2 ‘45s’)
- Sean Bugler 1-10
- Paul Mannion 1-9 (0-2 frees)
SLIGO
- Sligo 2-20 London 0-12 (Connacht quarter-final)
- Sligo 2-16 New York 0-6 (Connacht semi-final)
- Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 (Connacht final)
- Sligo 0-14 Kildare 0-14 (All-Ireland Group 3)
- Roscommon 1-21 Sligo 1-11 (All-Ireland Group 3)
Top Scorers
- Niall Murphy 0-21 (0-9 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
- Sean Carrabine 1-15 (0-5 frees)
- Pat Spillane 1-8
- Patrick O’Connor 2-4 (0-1 mark)
- Alan Reilly 1-4
They meet for only the second time in championship history, with Dublin winning their first clash by 3-17 to 0-12 in a qualifier in Croke Park in 2001.
The last competitive clash between the counties was in October 1997 when Sligo won an Allianz League game by 2-7 to 0-12 in Markievicz Park.
Over the last fifty years, Dublin have won 18, drew four and lost three of their 25
championship games with Connacht opposition.
They beat Mayo seven times, Galway and Roscommon four times each, Leitrim twice and Sligo once.
The draws were against Mayo in 2016-2015-1985 and against Roscommon this year.
The three defeats all came against Mayo in 2021-2012-2006.
Prediction: Dublin
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