Sligo and Leitrim minor gaelic footballers meet this Friday evening in the Connacht minor football championship at Markievicz Park, with both counties knowing a win is essential to keep their respective hopes of reaching the play-off stages of the championship alive.
Throw-in is at 7pm and the game is being streamed live by Connacht GAA for €10.
Sligo are currently pointless after two round-robin games to date in the Connacht minor championship, having lost to Galway and Mayo.
Adrian Dockery’s Leitrim have one point from two games played – they produced a gutsy fightback in added time last weekend to draw with Roscommon in Carrick-on-Shannon (1-13 each).
The Connacht minor championship is being played on a round-robin basis this year with the top team from the group stage qualifying directly for the provincial final.
The second and third placed teams will contest a single semi-final.
| TEAM | PLD | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Galway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sligo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Leitrim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Roscommon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
In the evening’s other match, the two unbeaten sides in the minor championship to date, Galway and Mayo, meet at Tuam Stadium.
Both counties are already assured a play-off places.
Friday evening’s games (both 7pm):
Sligo v Leitrim, Markievicz Park
Galway v Mayo, Tuam
Remaining games (Fri May 20th)
Leitrim v Galway
Roscommon v Sligo.
