They last met in the championship in 2014 when Galway won a Connacht semi-final by five points. Sligo won two and drew one of the three championship clashes with Galway in 2010 (draw and replay) and 2012.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2014: Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11 (Connacht semi-final)
2012: Sligo 2-14 Galway 0-15 (Connacht semi-final)
2010: Sligo 1-14 Galway 0-16 (Connacht semi-final) Replay
2010: Sligo 1-10 Galway 1-10 (Connacht semi-final) Draw
2009: Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-12 (Connacht semi-final)
Sligo beat London by ten points in the quarter-final while Galway beat Mayo by three points.
Galway have not scored a goal in any of their last three championship meetings with Sligo and only scored two goals in the last seven meetings.
Galway are bidding to reached the Connacht final for a third successive year. Sligo were last there in 2015.
There were 20 places between the counties in the Allianz Football League. Galway topped the Division 1 table while Sligo came fifth in Division 3.
Kevin Walsh is in his fourth season as Galway manager while Cathal Corey is in his first term with Sligo.
2018 GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
CONNACHT
May 6: Quarter-finals: Leitrim 0-19 New York 1-15 (aet), Gaelic Park; Sligo 1-21 London 1-11, McGovern Park, Ruislip.
May 13: Quarter-final: Galway 1-12 Mayo 0-12, Elverys Mac Hale Park.
May 26: Semi-final: Roscommon 0-24 Leitrim 0-10, Carrick-on-Shannon.
June 3: Semi-final: Galway v Sligo, Pearse Stadium
June 17: Final: Roscommon v Galway/Sligo
QUALIFERS
June 9/10:
Round 1: Derry v Kildare; Meath v Tyrone; London v Louth; Limerick v Mayo; Westmeath v Armagh; Wexford v Waterford; Wicklow v Cavan; Offaly v Antrim.
June 23: Qualifiers – Round 2 (Round 1 winners beaten provincial semi-finalists)
June 30: Round 2 winners – four games
July 7/8: Round 2 winners v beaten provincial finalists
QUARTER-FINALS
July 14/15
Phase 1:
Group 1: Connacht winners v Munster winners; Ulster runners-up/Round 4 winner v Leinster runner-up/Round 4 winner.
Group 2: Leinster winners v Ulster winners; Munster runners-up/Round 4 winners v Connacht runners-up/ Round 4 winners.
July 21/22
Phase 2:
Group 1: Connacht winners v Ulster runners-up/ Round 4 qualifier; Munster winners v Leinster runners-up/ Round 4 qualifier;
Group 2: Ulster winners v Munster runners-up/Round 4 qualifier; Leinster winners v Connacht runners-up/Round 4 winner.
August 4/5/6
Phase 3:
Group 1: Munster winners v Ulster runners-up/Round 4 winners; Connacht winners v Leinster runners-up/Round 4 winners;
Group 2: Leinster winners v Munster runners-up/Round 4 winners; Ulster winners v Connacht runners-up/Round 4 winner.
SEMI-FINALS
August 11: All-Ireland semi-final.
August 12: All-Ireland semi-final.
FINAL
September 2: All-Ireland final
