Donegal have brought Karl Lacey and Martin McElhinney back into the starting line-up for their All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Mayo on Saturday evening.
2012 Footballer of the Year Lacey, who had been struggling with a knee injury, returns after missing last weekend's victory over Galway.
McElhinney, who came on as a sub at half-time in that game, will line out alongside Neil Gallagher in midfield as Eamonn Doherty and Hugh McFadden drop out of the starting line-up.
Anthony Thompson and Christy Toye must make do with bench places despite playing influential roles in Donegal’s winning surge against Galway.
Paddy McBrearty, Michael Murphy and Colm McFadden are also named in the starting line-up. The trio are named in the full-forward line but it remains to be seen how they will line out.
Murphy has been deployed in several different positions by Donegal manager Rory Gallagher but there is speculation that he could play on the edge of the square to take advantage of Mayo’s perceived weakness at full-back.
McBrearty retains his place despite some wayward shooting against Galway with McFadden also named to start.
Eamon McGee is named to start at full-back despite an ankle knock in the Galway match. He could face up directly against Mayo wrecking ball full-forward Aidan O'Shea.
Donegal 1 Paul Durcan 2 Paddy McGrath 3 Neil McGee 4 Eamon McGee 5 Ryan McHugh 6 Karl Lacey 7 Frank McGlynn 8 Neil Gallagher 9 Martin McElhinney 10 Martin O’Reilly 11 Odrán MacNiallais 12 Mark McHugh 13 Paddy McBrearty 14 Michael Murphy 15 Colm McFadden
Replacements 16 Marc Anthony McGinley 17 Anthony Thompson 18 Éamonn Doherty 19 Christy Toye 20 David Walsh 21 Hugh McFadden 22 Hugh McFadden 23 Leo McLoone 24 Gary McFadden 25 Ciarán McGinley 26 Eoin Bán Gallagher
The Tyrone team to face Monaghan in Saturday's All-Ireland Football Championship quarter-final shows one change from the team that started against Sligo with Cathal McCarron returning to the starting team.
McCarron, who missed the qualifier win because of his brother's wedding, returns, with Rory Brennan dropping to the bench.
Keeper Niall Morgan keeps his place despite Mickey O'Neill returning from injury.
Tyrone: 1 Niall Morgan, 2 Aidan McCrory, 3 Ronan McNamee, 4 Cathal McCarron, 5 Ronan McNabb, 6 Joe McMahon, 7 Peter Harte, 8 Colm Cavanagh, 9 Matthew Donnelly, 10 Tiernan McCann, 11 Mark Bradley, 12 Conor Meyler, 13 Darren McCurry, 14 Sean Cavanagh (captain), 15 Connor McAliskey.
Replacements: 16 Michael O’Neill, 17 Lee Brennan, 18 Rory Brennan, 19 Conor Clarke, 20 Richard Donnelly, 21 Danny McBride, 22 Conall McCann, 23 Justin McMahon, 24 Padraig McNulty, 25 Ronan O Neil, 26 Barry Tierney.
Monaghan are unchanged for the quarter-final as they name the same team that dispatched Donegal by a point in the final of the Ulster Football Championship.
Monaghan: 1 Rory Beggan, 2 Colin Walshe, 3 Vinny Corey, Ryan Wylie, 5 Dessie Mone, 6 Neil McAdam, 7 Karl O'Connell, 8 Owen Lennon, 9 Fintan Kelly, 10 Kieran Duffy, 11 Darren Hughes, 12 Owen Duffy, 13 Dermot Malone, 14 Kieran Hughes, 15 Conor McManus.
Replacements: 16 Cian Mohan, 17 Drew Wylie, 18 Conor Boyle, 19 John McCarron, 20 Dick Clerkin, 21 Paul Finlay, 22 Stephen Gollogly, 23 Shane Carey, 24 Thomas Kerr, 25 Ryan McAnespie, 26 Christopher McGuinness.
