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Cavan v Donegal live score updates from All-Ireland Football Championship clash
After recording a shock win over Mayo, Cavan bid to deliver another surprise in the All-Ireland series when they take on Donegal at Breffni Park.
Raymond Galligan's side were defeated by Tyrone in their Ulster Championship quarter-final and were handed a difficult draw when pitched into Group One with the Red Hands, Ulster champions Donegal and defeated Connacht finalists Mayo.
However, they have given themselves a good chance of progressing to the knockout stages and they welcomed back star attacker Paddy Lynch against Mayo in Castlebar.
Donegal played four games to win Ulster and are facing their sixth all-Ulster Championship clash of 2025 today.
Last weekend's loss to Tyrone in Ballybofey was their first defeat in League or Championship under Jim McGuinness at MacCumhaill Park.
The back-to-back Ulster champions will be keen to return to winning ways this afternoon. They also suffered a loss to Cork in the group stages last season and still managed to top the group and Tyrone's loss to Mayo last night means a win for Donegal would leave every team with one win and one loss going into round three.
You can follow all the action live below.
All-Ireland SFC Round Two, Group One: Tyrone 1-13 Mayo 2-17
Mayo have blown Group One wide open following a stunning seven-point defeat of Tyrone at O'Neills Healy Park.
Goals in each half from Darren McHale and Ryan O'Donoghue from the penalty spot helped an embattled Mayo side claim a full-merited win.
The fortunes of both teams could hardly have been for contrasting coming into the game with Mayo losing to Cavan in round one before Kevin McStay was forced to step aside for health reasons with Stephen Rochford coming in as interim boss.
Tyrone's first half performance was reminiscent of their League showing in MacHale Park when they suffered a 0-12 to 0-10 defeat in an forgettable and drab affair.
Just seven days previous, they'd handed Jim McGuinness his first loss in Ballybofey as they defeated Ulster champions Donegal.
Yet, the Red Hands never matched the pitch of that game. They posted a meagre four points in the first half as Mayo dominated the midfield battle in the absence of the influential Brian Kennedy.
Malachy O'Rourke might have been happy enough with a five-point deficit at the break, but an error from Niall Morgan afforded Mayo a goal after several missed chances earlier in the half.
A speculative effort from Bob Tuohy was caught in the wind and Morgan failed to collect possession leaving Darren McHale to fire into the net to put Mayo 1-9 to 0-4 ahead.
O'Donoghue almost plundered a goal on the restart as he was denied by the post and Tyrone's third quarter gave the home support something to cheer about.
Mattie Donnelly curled over a good score before Darragh Canavan was given the space to jink in behind the Mayo defence and fire a cracking goal past Colm Reape.
The introduction of Errigal Ciaran duo Peter Harte and Ruairi Canavan increased Tyrone's attacking intent further.
Darren McCurry and a two-point free from Niall Morgan had one point between the teams, but Tyrone couldn't get back on level terms.
Mayo replied in style with back-to-back scores from Jack Carney and the impressive Paddy Durcan, who finished with three points from play.
Moments after Conn Kilpatrick was blown for over-carrying in a promising position, Mayo put the result beyond doubt with a penalty.
Aidan O'Shea put substitute Davitt Neary through on goal and he went to ground under the weight of challenges from Liam Gray and Cormac Quinn.
O'Donoghue gave Morgan no chance from the penalty, although the Tyrone goalkeeper converted a second two-pointer minutes later.
However, that score fell either side of points from O'Donoghue and the inspirational O'Shea and Jack Coyne's point after the hooter gave Mayo a seven-point win in Omagh.
The beaten Connacht finalists face Donegal at a neutral venue in round three with the Red Hands set to face Cavan for the second time in the Championship.
Should Donegal get the better of the Breffnimen this afternoon, all four teams would have two points going into round three. Things could get very interesting in Group One.
TYRONE: N Morgan 0-4 (2tpf), C Quinn, P Teague, N Devlin; M McKernan 0-1, R Brennan, K McGeary 0-1; B McDonnell 0-1, C Kilpatrick; S O'Donnell, M Donnelly 0-1, C Daly; D McCurry 0-2 (0-1f), M Bradley, D Canavan 1-3 (0-2fs).
Subs: L Gray for Brennan (HT), S O'Hare for O'Donnell (HT), P Harte for Bradley (47), R Canavan for Daly (47), A Donaghy for McDonnell (61).
MAYO: C Reape 0-1 (0-1 45); J Coyne 0-1, S Moraghan, R Brickenden 0-2, S Coen, D McBrien, E Hession; P Durcan 0-3, M Ruane; J Carney 0-1, D McHale 1-0, B Tuohy; A O'Shea 0-1, C Dawson 0-2, R O'Donoghue 1-6 (1-0 pen, 0-5fs).
Subs: J Flynn for Tuohy (45), D Neary for McHale (45), F Kelly for Dawson (55), F Boland for Ruane (67), S Callinan for Durcan (69).
REFEREE: D Coldrick (Meath).
