Paul Flynn's All-Ireland group stage predictions

The final round of All-Ireland group games this weekend will decide the four teams heading directly to the quarter-finals, the eight counties set for preliminary quarter-finals and, of course, the four teams who will see their season come to an end. Paul Flynn casts his eye over the eight matches.

SATURDAY

Group 4

Clare v Derry, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 6pm

Clare are already out, Derry, on the other hand, will be keen to get that week off next week and finish the group on top.

Derry beat Clare by ten points in the league and I can only see a similar outcome in this game.

Verdict: Derry

Donegal v Monaghan, O'Neill's Healy Park, 6pm

This will be a much tighter affair, a hard one to call for me.

Donegal obviously can take some positives from their Derry loss with Oisin Gallen and [Paddy] McBrearty back. Monaghan scored 1-23 against Clare and they were impressive there.

A hard one to call, nothing much really between these two teams in my eyes, I just think that Monaghan have shown a bit more and I'll go for a marginal Monaghan win here.

Verdict: Monaghan

SUNDAY

Group 1

Mayo v Cork, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 2pm

This is a difficult one for Mayo because it’s going to pose that stubborn defensive structure again, which they haven’t mastered yet. They really need to figure it out.

They would have learned a lot from the Louth game when they analysed that. It’s a really tough test for Mayo this weekend. Look, if they don’t win I’d really question their chances of winning the All-Ireland but I think they can learn from that game against Louth and they can get over the line here with a win.

Verdict: Mayo

Kerry v Louth, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 2pm

Kerry take on Louth in a fixture we probably haven’t really seen a lot of before.

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