Enda and Steven give their Gaelic football match predictions ahead of a bumper-packed weekend.
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SIXTEEN GAMES ON HECTIC WEEKEND PROGRAMME
There’s a hectic weekend ahead in the GAA Football All-Ireland championship and the Tailteann Cup, with no fewer than sixteen games on the schedule across the two competitions.
It’s Round 2 in the All-Ireland championship groups and Round 3 in the Tailteann Cup.
The top teams in the four Tailteann Cup groups will advance to the quarterfinals while second and third will qualify for the preliminary quarterfinals.
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY
- Group 1: Cork v Kerry, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 3.00pm
- Group 2: Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, 5.0; Tyrone v Armagh, Omagh,
7.00pm - Group 3: Kildare v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park, 5.00pm
SUNDAY
- Group 1: Mayo v Louth, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 2.00pm
- Group 3: Roscommon v Sligo, Dr. Hyde Park, 3.00pm
- Group 4: Monaghan v Clare, Clones, 2.00pm; Donegal v Derry, Ballybofey, 4.00pm
CORK v KERRY
Cork beat Louth in the first round; Kerry lost to Mayo. They meet in the championship for a seventh successive year, with Kerry having won five of the previous six.
They won last year’s Munster final by twelve points. Their only defeat was in the 2020 Munster semi-final.
Prior to that Cork hadn’t beaten Kerry since 2012. It leaves Kerry leading 9-1 from their last ten championship meetings with Cork.
MAYO v LOUTH
Mayo won their Round 1 game, beating Kerry; Louth lost to Cork.
They meet in the championship for the first time since the 1950 All-Ireland final when Mayo won by 2-5 to 1-6.
It’s the only championship game between the counties to date.
TYRONE v ARMAGH
Tyrone lost to Galway in Round 1; Armagh beat Westmeath.
They meet for a second successive season in the championship, with Armagh having won a qualifier tie by six points last year.
WESTMEATH v GALWAY
Westmeath lost to Armagh in Round 1; Galway beat Tyrone.
Westmeath and Galway share the maroon-and-white colours but they have shared a championship pitch only once before.
That was back in 2006 when Westmeath won a Round 4 All-Ireland qualifier tie by 1-8 to 0-10 in Pearse Stadium.
Their last competitive meeting was in the 2015 Allianz League when Galway won a Division 2 game by a point.
DUBLIN v KILDARE
They both drew their Round 1 games, Dublin with Roscommon, Kildare with Sligo.
They meet for the third time this year, with Dublin having won the first two.
They had a point to spare in an Allianz League clash (1-11 to 0-13) and finished two points ahead (0-14 to 0-12) in the Leinster semi-final.
ROSCOMMON v SLIGO
Both have a point after their Round 1 games. Roscommon drew with Dublin in Croke Park; Sligo drew with Kildare in Markievicz Park.
Roscommon beat Sligo by twelve points in last year’s Connacht championship.
DONEGAL v DERRY
Donegal beat Clare in the first round; Derry drew with Monaghan.
They last met in the championship in the 2022 Ulster final which Derry won by two points after extra-time.
MONAGHAN v CLARE
Monaghan drew with Derry in Round 1; Clare lost to Donegal.
They meet for the first time in the championship.
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