Donegal face Mayo in round three of the Allianz Football League at Sean MacCumhaill Park this afternoon. Join Chris McNulty for updates …
Full-time: Donegal 1-14 Mayo 1-12
68 mins: Points at either end from McBrearty and Seamus O’Shea. Donegal still lead by two. Donegal 1-14 Mayo 1-12
62 mins: Murphy, somehow, manages to squeeze over and it’s a two-point game. Donegal 1-13 Mayo 1-11
60 mins: Hennelly with a ’45 narrows the margin. Donegal 1-12 Mayo 1-11
57 mins: GOAL DONEGAL. Anthony Thompson wins the breaking ball, off-loads to Toye and Rory Kavanagh feeds Leo McLoone, whose finish is expert. Donegal 1-12 Mayo 1-10
55 mins: Patrick McBrearty curls over a 45-metree free for Donegal. Donegal 0-12 Mayo 1-10
52 mins: Murphy slots over a ’45 as the game becomes rather scrappy. Donegal 0-11 Mayo 1-10
48 mins: Christy Toye replaces Gallagher as Loftus puts Mayo three up. Donegal 0-10 Mayo 1-10
45 mins: Neil Gallagher has just been on the field a matter of seconds and is black carded. Big blow for Donegal.
44 mins: O’Connor makes no mistake the second time around, firing to the bottom corner. Donegal 0-10 Mayo 1-09
43 mins: Diarmuid O’Connor with the penalty…fires to the net while Barry Cassidy, the referee, is booking Hugh McFadden and the penalty has to be re-taken…
42 mins: PENALTY for Mayo as Evan Regan is tripped by Donegal goalkeeper, Peter Boyle …
40 mins: Donegal are ahead for the first time courtesy of Mac Niallais. Donegal 0-10 Mayo 0-09
39 mins: Ryan McHugh turns provider for McBrearty to score after Evan Regan momentarily had Mayo back ahead. Donegal 0-09 Mayo 0-09
36 mins: With 16 seconds gone in the second half, Ryan McHugh points after being teed up by Murphy. Donegal 0-08 Mayo 0-08
Substitution at half-time for Donegal as Anthony Thompson replaces Eamonn Doherty.
Half-time: Donegal 0-07 Mayo 0-08
36 mins: Quick-fire exchange of points between Murphy and Brendan Harrison means Mayo lead at the break, 0-8 to 0-7
32 mins: Another Regan free inches Mayo in front. Donegal 0-06 Mayo 0-07
29 mins: Ryan McHugh, with a magnificent point, puts Donegal level again. Donegal 0-6 Mayo 0-6
27 mins: End-to-end stuff in Ballybofey. Lee Keegan the man on the mark. Donegal 0-05 Mayo 0-06
26 mins: Patrick McBrearty slots over a free and DOnegal are level. Donegal 0-05 Mayo 0-05
24 mins: Goalkeeper Rob Hennelly pops over a free from 50 metres. Donegal 0-04 Mayo 0-05
24 mins: Conor Loftus replaces Keith Higgins on the Mayo side.
19 mins: Sub for Donegal as Martin McElhinney replaces Micheál Carroll. McElhinney subsequently screws badly wide with a chance to put Donegal ahead.
19 mins: Murphy’s quick free finds Rory Kavanagh and he slots over on his first start since the 2014 All-Ireland final. Donegal 0-04 Mayo 0-04
17 mins: Murphy fires over the free after Nally fouls Ryan McHugh. Donegal 0-03 Mayo 0-04
17 mins: Yellow cards are like busses. Two just came at once there. Conor O’Shea and Shane Nally both booked within 30 seconds of each other.
15 mins: Mayo dominating at midfield. Tom Parsons fires out to the left and picks out Shane Nally, who scores a neat point off the outside of the left boot. Donegal 0-02 Mayo 0-04
10 mins: The lively Eoin McHugh draws a foul and Michael Murphy – playing at midfield – makes no mistake with the free. Donegal 0-02 Mayo 0-03
8 mins: Aidan O’Shea slots over a wonderous score from the left-hand side and Mayo lead by two. Donegal 0-01 Mayo 0-03
7 mins: Martin O’Reilly wins possession back after Paddy McGrath surges through. The ball is worked to Odhrán Mac Niallais who fires over. Donegal 0-01 Mayo 0-02
5 mins: Another Regan free, this time after the powerful Aidan O’Shea is fouled, doubles the Mayo lead. Donegal 0-00 Mayo 0-02
1 mins: Evan Regan fires over a free after Kevin McLoughlin is fouled by Ryan McHugh. Donegal 0-00 Mayo 0-01
0 mins: We’re underway!
In keeping with their routine so far this year in the League, Donegal hadn’t named a team until now: Peter Boyle; Eamon McGee, Neil McGee, Paddy McGrath; Ryan McHugh, Frank McGlynn, Eamonn Doherty; Odhrán Mac Niallais, Hugh McFadden; Rory Kavanagh, Micheál Carroll, Eoin McHugh; Patrick McBrearty, Michael Murphy, Martin O’Reilly.
Mayo have made two late changes to their team with Kevin McLoughlin and Michael Hall in for Jason Doherty and Mickey Sweeney.
It’s a Championship-esque afternoon in Ballybofey. The stand is close to packed. Crowd of around 8,000 here.
The fortunes of these two teams couldn’t be more contrasting with Donegal top of the table with two wins from their opening two games against Down and Cork, while Mayo were beaten by Cork and Dublin.
Donegal and Mayo has been a growing rivalry since 2012 – here’s a piece on its evolution.
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