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SFC Qualifiers preview

Armagh face Laois at O Moore Park on Saturday afternoon.

Armagh face Laois at O Moore Park on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday July 2

All Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 1A refixture**

Laois v Armagh, O'Moore Park, Portlaoise, 3pm

Kieran McGeeney wants Armagh to be more clinical in Saturday's refixture at O'Moore Park.

Armagh crafted plenty of scoring chances in the first game which Laois won 1-10 to 0-10, but McGeeney was disappointed with the 'shot selection' and conversion rate.

Laois used seven substitues during that fixture so another match will determine who faces Clare in Round Two.

John O'Loughlin, who missed the initial tie through suspension, is available for Laois.

The Orchard County have been dealt a blow with the news that  Ciaran McKeever is ruled out with a foot injury.

Sligo manager Niall Carew.

Sligo manager Niall Carew.

All Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 2A

Sligo v Leitrim, Markievicz Park, 6pm

Reaching an All Ireland quarter-final is Sligo's ambition.

Whether that ambitious target can be realised will be determined in the coming weeks and months.

Sligo and Leitrim will be familiar with one another so Yeats County boss Niall Carew is hoping that Markievicz Park will be a factor on Saturday evening.

"Home advantage is massive for us," Carew admits. We didn't really mind who we got so long as we were at home so that is great.

"We feel if we can perform we can win so for us our whole focus is on Leitrim. We've aspirations of making the last eight so this is a game we have to win."

In a bizarre Connacht semi-final Sligo led Roscommon by eight points at the interval before losing 4-16 to 2-13.

"For us, one of the important things to remember is that a lot of things went wrong against Roscommon, but a lot of things went right as well," Carew said.

"What we have to do know is to correct the things that went wrong and focus now on the Leitrim game."