Galway to host Mayo in All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals

Galway will host Mayo in a massive Connacht derby following Monday's draw for the All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals, with all four matches taking place on Saturday.

Pádraic Joyce’s side found themselves in the draw after falling to a late defeat to Armagh in Leitrim on Sunday and they’ll face a huge test to remain in the championship, with Kevin McStay’s side aiming to bounce back from their surprise loss to Cork.

"Prior to yesterday, Mayo and Galway, in a lot of people's minds, and in my own mind maybe, they were right up at the top of the scale in terms of teams that could go on and win it," RTÉ analyst Eamonn Fitzmaurice told Morning Ireland.

"Now after next weekend, one of them is going to be gone. So it just goes to show the consequences of the games yesterday. That’s going to be a massive, massive game in Salthill next weekend.

"The thing with Galway, Seán Kelly was injured in that game yesterday [v Armagh] and if he's out he's going to be a huge loss to them.

"Mayo, that kind of a loss – they were six points up after the Tommy Conroy goal and they didn’t score for the rest of the game. That was a very disappointing finish for them, the manner that they lost the game.

"To try and pick themselves up in less than a week is going to be challenging. Very hard to call, it’s going to be some game either way."

There’s also a huge Ulster derby in store this Saturday as Donegal will welcome Tyrone to Ballybofey.

Aidan O’Rourke’s side finished second in Group 4 courtesy of a fine win over Monaghan on Saturday evening, while 2021 champions Tyrone very nearly exited the All-Ireland race as John Heslin missed a late free that would have claimed victory for Westmeath.

Fitzmaurice believes that the Red Hands will have to be at