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Dublin welcome Galway to Croke Park this Saturday evening, looking to keep alive their hopes of a top-two finish and a place in the Allianz Football League Division 1 Final.
The Sky Blues’ league form against Galway in recent years has returned a 100% record against the men in maroon and white from our last five league meetings, including our 2018 Division 1 final triumph.
Dessie Farrell’s men have three wins to their name so far in this league campaign, which came in the form of victories over Mayo, Kerry and Derry. But we were beaten by Donegal and Armagh and go into this weekend’s game third in the table.
Dublin, in fairness, were second best in the defeat to Armagh and will be hoping for an improved performance on Saturday night. The All-Ireland champions raced into a sizeable lead and were leading 1-15 to 0-3 at one stage.
Con O’Callaghan finally got Dublin going with our first score 20 minutes into the game. Brian Howard and Luke Breathnach scored the only other two Dublin points of the first-half as Armagh led 1-12 to 0-3 at the break.
Despite a Lorcan O’Dell goal in the 43rd minute, Dublin couldn’t claw their way back into the game. Con O’Callaghan & Breathnach followed up that goal with scores, but Armagh were still finding scores at the other end of the pitch. Kevin Lahiff, Cormac Costello and Ciarán Kilkenny scored our final points of the game as last year's All-Ireland winners recorded a comfortable eight-point win.
The likes of Con O’Callaghan and Kilkenny bring experience & clinical attacking prowess to our attack. However Breathnach and Tom and Kevin Lahiff will be looking to continue their good form in this league campaign. Dublin’s attack could also be boosted should Seán Bugler be fit enough to feature this weekend. The St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh clubman was a major asset to the Dublin attack before his injury against Derry, so his potential inclusion in this weekend’s panel will be very much welcomed as the Boys in Blue look to take maximum points.
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