How do Donegal and Galway compare? Here's all the stats on both teams

Donegal-Galway semi-final stats

Connacht champions, Galway are unbeaten in eight games (seven wins and a draw (v Armagh); Ulster champions,Donegal, have won six and lost one (v Cork)

CHAMPIONSHIP SO FAR

DONEGAL

Donegal 4-11 Derry 0-17 (Ulster quarter-final)

Donegal 0-18 Tyrone 0-16 (aet) (Ulster semi-final)

Donegal 0-20 Armagh 0-20 aet (Donegal won on penalties (Ulster final)

Donegal 0-21 Tyrone 0-14 (All-Ireland round robin)

Cork 3-9 Donegal 0-16 (All-Ireland round robin)

Donegal 2-23 Clare 0-5 (All-Ireland round robin)

Donegal 1-23 Louth 0-18 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

TOP SCORERS

O Gallen..........2-30 (0-16 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-2 ‘45s)

P McBrearty.....0-21 (0-8 frees, 0-1 mark)

P Mogan..........0-13

R McHugh........1-10

D Ó Baoill........2-5

GALWAY

Galway 5-21 London 0-9 (Connacht quarter-final)

Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-14 (Connacht semi-final)

Galway 0-16 Mayo 0-15 (Connacht final)

Galway 2-14 Derry 0-15 (All-Ireland round robin)

Galway 1-12 Westmeath 0-11 (All-Ireland round robin)

Galway 0-15 Armagh 1-12 (All-Ireland round robin)

Galway 0-14 Monaghan 0-11 (All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final)

Galway 0-17 Dublin 0-16 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

R Finnerty......1-29 (0-13 frees, 0-1 mark)

S Walsh..........1-23 (0-12 frees)

P Conroy.........1-12

C Darcy............2-5

J Heaney...........0-8

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

This will be the eighth championship meeting between the counties with both winning three, while there was one draw, in the previous seven.

2017: Galway 4-17 Donegal 0-14 (All-Ireland qualifiers)

2015: Donegal 3-12 Galway 0-11 (Qualifier Round 4)

2009: Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13 (Qualifier Round 4)

2003: Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final) Replay

2003: Donegal 0-14 Galway 1-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final) Draw

1983: Galway 1-12 Donegal 1-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1974: Galway 3-13 Donegal 1-14 (All-Ireland semi-final)

LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS

2014: 3-14 Dublin 0-17

2012: Donegal 0-16 Cork 1-11

2011: Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6

2003: Armagh 2-10 Donegal 1-9

1992: Donegal 0-13 Mayo 0-9

2022: Galway 2-8 Derry 1-6

2018: Dublin 1-24 Galway 2-12

2001: Galway 1-14 Derry 1-11

2000: Galway 0-15 Kildare 2-6

1998: Galway 0-16 Derry 1-8

*This will be their first championship meeting since 2017, when Galway won a qualifier by 15 points.

*Donegal were last in the All-Ireland semi-final in 2014 when they beat Dublin; Galway were last there in 2022 when they beat Derry.

*Galway have conceded only one goal in their eight championship games so far. It came against Armagh in the ‘round robin’ series.

*Donegal conceded three goals against Cork in the ‘round robin’ but conceded none in the other six games.

* Galway have a very good record against Ulster opposition in All-Ireland semi-finals, winning twelve and losing three of fifteen games.

*Donegal’s 2024 Allianz League (Division 2) and Championship record reads: Played 15, Won 12, Drew 1, Lost 1. The only defeat was against Cork in the All-Ireland round robin.

*Galway’s 2024 Allianz League (Division 1) and Championship record reads: Played 15: Won 9, Drew 2, Lost 4. All four defeats (v Mayo, Derry, Dublin, Kerry) were in the League.

THE POSSIBILITIES

Here are the possible combinations for the All-Ireland final and the last time they met in the decider.

Armagh v Galway... haven’t met previously

Armagh v Donegal...haven’t met previously

Galway v Kerry........2022 (Kerry won)