Weekend Gaelic football predictions and GAA betting tips

Best bets

Oisin Gallen Man of The Match in Donegal v Monaghan
1pt 8-1 Paddy Power

Tyrone
1pt 11-10 general

Galway -2
5pts 8-11 Paddy Power

Over 1.5 Galway goals
4pts 6-4 Boylesports

Over 2.5 Galway goals
2pts 9-2 Boylesports

Over 3.5 Galway goals
1pt 14-1 Boylesports

Under 47.5 points Armagh v Kerry
4pts 20-23 Paddy Power

Weekend Gaelic Football predictions

Donegal vs Monaghan

GAA+, 4pm Saturday

Jim McGuinness is fuming. After being forced to travel all the way to Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon to face Mayo in the last round of round-robin games, now the Donegal boss is raging because his side have only a six-day turnaround after their hammering of Louth last weekend.

McGuinness has a point, but he is also creating a siege mentality in Donegal and he will make his players think the whole world is against them. That is when they have always produced their best work over the years. They are at their most dangerous when being attacked.

The 70-minute match betting looks just about spot on for Donegal's quarter-final tussle with Monaghan, as does the handicap spread, but the one market which catches the eye is the man of the match.

It's a market that doesn't often offer great vaule but Michael Murphy is a warm favourite at around 6-1 and there is value elsewhere. Oisin Gallen looks generously priced at 8-1 as the whizz kid touches down in Croke Park for the first time in the championship.

He produced flashes of brilliance in the win over Louth, where one score in particular stood out when he was off-balance, and he could tear this Monaghan defence to shreds with his pace. He scored five points from play last Sunday and a similar sort of performance will put him right in the mix.

Dublin vs Tyrone

GAA+, 6.15pm Saturday

Bookmakers are finding it hard to split Dublin and Tyrone in the second of the All-Ireland quarter-finals and there are certainly pros and cons to both sides.

Dublin are still standing and that's the biggest positive you can take from their championship campaign. They have been comprehensively beaten by Meath and Armagh, but are still hanging in there by virtue of hard-fought wins over Derry and Cork over the last two weekends. They didn't impress in either outing.

They remain short of long-distance shooters, so two-pointers could continue to be scarce, while their build-up play lacks urgency and directness.

Tyrone have been hot and cold in 2025. They have beaten Donegal in Ballybofey, but never caught fire at all in a defeat to Mayo. That said, switching to Croke Park looks sure to suit Malachy O'Rourke's side and they have a more potent attacking unit up top. That could make the difference and the Ulster side are fancied to dump the Dubs out of the championship at the quarter-final stage for the second year in a row.

Meath vs Galway

RTE, 1.45pm Sunday

Meath's renaissance under Robbie Brennan continues as the Royals seek to add Galway to a list of shocks that already includes Dublin and Kerry.

Few could have predicted Meath reaching the last eight and fewer still would have thought they could take down two of the superpowers of the game. This, however, looks the end of the road for the Royals and Galway are outstanding value to defy a two-point handicap.

There have been quite a few bumps on the road for Galway in getting to this point. This could easily have been extinguished by now, but the flame is still there and it's getting more frightening.

The 15-minute spell straight after half-time against All-Ireland champions Armagh a few weeks ago was the most complete package of football from any side in the championship and they always looked in control against Down last weekend.

Shane Walsh looked back to his brilliant best, before he hobbled off injured again, but he has been named in the starting line-up for the clash with Meath and Damien Comer has been named on the bench. What a boost it would be to have him back and used as an impact sub.

A big concern for Meath is the runners from deep in this Galway side. Dylan McHugh, Sean Kelly, Cillian McDaid and John Maher will be attacking them from all angles and they have the potential to rip up this Meath defence. There should be loads of goal chances and backing Galway in the plenty of the goal markets could be a shrewd ploy.

The Tribesman scored two goals against Down and Armagh, four in their win over Derry and two when narrowly denied. That's ten goals in their last four games, yet you can get 6-4 about them netting twice against Meath.

Armagh vs Kerry

RTE, 4pm Sunday

The best wine has been kept until last as Armagh and Kerry - joint-favourite for the Sam Maguire with some firms - go head-to-head in what could be an absolute cracker.

The total points market certainly suggests it will be a superb contest as the spread has been set at 47.5, but that looks too high given what's at stake. This is a fight for survival and every score will be huge so don't expect it to follow a similar sort of trend to the high-scoring shootouts during the group stage of the All-Ireland series.

Armagh are a controlled outfit against the top sides and conceded only 0-19 to Dublin on their last visit to Croke Park this month. Kerry managed to score only 0-16 when beaten by Meath and, while both sides have racked up huge tallies elsewhere, this could be much lower-scoring that most are expecting given the magnitude of the tie.

If either side gets to 22 points, it should be enough to reach the last four.

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