Derry forward Shane Heavron says they'll have to cut out the "silly mistakes" if they are to upset the odds against Tyrone on Sunday.

Damien Barton's side welcome the Red Hands to Celtic Park for their Ulster senior football championship opener and Heavron knows that the hosts will need to up their performance considerably from when the two sides last met in the National League.

"We played Tyrone in Omagh a while back and our display was littered with silly mistakes," Heavron told the Belfast Telegraph.

"Some of the mistakes we made would have driven you insane. We started well, but stupid errors, bad passes and poor decisions took their toll.

"You just hope this won't happen again on Sunday. I suppose you need luck as well and the break of the ball to go your way."

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