Tyrone legend Peter Canavan believes the All-Ireland football final is destined for a replay.

Like a lot of pundits, Canavan - whose son Darragh is expected to see action off the bench - can't pick a winner, although he thinks the team that wins the most turnovers could sneak it.

"It is going to be extremely tight, and it's a game where both teams prefer the running game. Going on the semi-finals, they're both reliant on turnovers. Both teams are experts at it," he told Sky Sports.

"When it comes to the origins and the source of their scores, turnovers would be the highest. It's whatever team doesn't give the ball away much.

"But these teams are going to get opportunities to kick the ball in at some stage. We spoke about Aidan O'Shea, it could be a long ball into Mattie Donnelly that sets up a goal. Remember the last time an Ulster team played Mayo in the final, Donegal (in 2012), the big high ball that went in at the start finished up in the back of the net. So it's very small margins.

"Mayo have had difficulties in so many finals getting over the line. I could see them winning, going into the closing stages, and I could see Tyrone coming back and snatching a draw."

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