Dublin v Kerry SFC Quarter-Finals Match Pick...

Dublin take on Kerry in Monday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park at 2:00 PM.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has made one change for which sees Bryan Cullen replacing the suspended Ger Brennan.

Cullen, who impressed following his introduction in the Leinster final victory over Kildare, slots into the void left at centre back by Brennan, who was issued with a straight red card against the Lilywhites.

Otherwise, the team is unchanged with Darren Magee holding off the challenge of Ciaran Whelan to keep his place in midfield.

Dublin Team:
S Cluxton; D Henry, D Bastick, P Andrews; P Griffin, B Cullen, B Cahill; R McConnell, D Magee; P Flynn, D Connolly, B Brogan; A Brogan, C Keaney, J Sherlock.

Colm Cooper and Tomás O Sé have been restored to the Kerry team for this Quarter-final clash.

The pair were dropped for the Round Four Qualifier win over Antrim last week, but will start at wing back and corner back respectively for the hugely-anticipated encounter.

Donnacha Walsh has also been included in the half-forward line, with Tadhg Kennelly missing out.

In defence, Aidan O’Mahony has been sacrificed while Sean O’Sullivan’s absence was inevitable given the return of Cooper.

Kieran Donaghy has also revealed that he could play some part for Kerry in this match. Donaghy’s season was thought to be over when he went fractured a metatarsal bone in his foot for the second time this year in the narrow win over Longford.

Kerry Team:
D Murphy; M O Sé, T Griffin, T O’Sullivan; T O Sé, M McCarthy, K Young; D O Sé, S Scanlon; P Galvin, Declan O’Sullivan, D Walsh; C Cooper, T Walsh, Darran O’Sullivan.

The Dubs have put on quite a performance in this year's championship, while the Kingdom have been less than impressive coming through the qualifiers. Therefore, the better prediction would be a Dublin win.

However, Dublin haven't beaten Kerry in the championship since the classic 1977 All-Ireland semi-final. Some would say that history won't hold any relevance on this encounter. I don't know abouth that. Last week, I would have written Kerry off. Now, I got a funny feeling that they are going to win this one.

A friend of mine is predicting a draw like what happened in the Dublin-Kerry 2001 SFC quarter-final encounter. That day, substitute Maurice Fitzgerald rescued a draw for Kerry in injury-time in a match the Kingdom had dominated for all bar the last 12 minutes. I don't think so....no draw on this one.

Paddy Power Match Winning Odds:
Dublin 4/5
Draw 15/2
Kerry 11/8

Handicap Betting:
Dublin (-1.0) 11/10
Handicap Draw (-1.0) 8/1
Kerry (+1.0) 10/11

Winner: Kerry

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