Galway meet Monaghan on Sunday for the 8th time since 1980 in the national football league, with both sides in contention for a place in the Division 1 final. Galway are joint top of the table with Dublin after winning all four of their opening games, while Monaghan have won their last three games after a narrow opening day defeat to Mayo. Both sides have yet to concede a goal in this years competition with Galway having a marginally better scoring record after scoring a goal in each of their four games to date.
The last time the sides met was in 2014 when a last gasp Paul Finley point snatched victory for Monaghan in a Division 2 encounter in Clones. The Galway team that lined out four years ago was:
Thomas Healy; Joss Moore, Finian Hanley, Donal O'Neill ; Gareth Bradshaw, Gary O'Donnell (0-1), Paul Varley (0-1); James Kavanagh , Thomas Flynn , Michael Lundy (0-1), Eddie Hoare , Cathal Mulryan (0-1); Michael Martin (0-3), Paul Conroy (0-1), Sean Armstrong (0-2), Shane Walsh (0-1) , Adrian Varley (0-1)
Galway league results 2018
Galway 1-9 Tyrone 0-8
Galway 1-12 Donegal 0-14
Galway 1-13 Mayo 0-11
Galway 1-14 Kerry 0-14
Monaghan league results 2018
Monaghan 0-12 Mayo 0-13
Monaghan 1-10 Kildare 0-12
Monaghan 1-13 Kerry 0-14
Monaghan 0-15 Tyrone 0-14
Galway vs Monaghan NFL meetings 1980 - 2018
6/4/2014 Galway 0-12 Monaghan 0-13
25/3/2012 Galway 1-14 Monaghan 0-12
6/2/2011 Galway 0-14 Monaghan 0-19
14/2/2010 Galway 1-20 Monaghan 1-14
2/4/1996 Galway 0-8 Monaghan 1-13
25/11/1990 Galway 3-12 Monaghan 0-6
2/11/1980 Galway 1-8 Monaghan 1-8
