Kieran Donaghy expects “a really tight game” between Kerry and Tyrone tomorrow at Croke Park provided that the Ulster champions are fully fit.

The two teams finally clash for a place in the All-Ireland SFC final against Mayo after their semi-final fixture was twice postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 with in the Tyrone camp.

Speaking with Peter Canavan ahead of the match on Sky Sports’ Inside The Game, Donaghy said he can see a close affair if the Red Hands are fully fit at headquarters tomorrow (throw-in 3.30pm).

“It's hard to call. Just from the point of view, it's hard to know where Tyrone and their key players have been at over the last number of weeks, how badly they have been affected," said the four-time All-Ireland winner. 

"But if you take it on the point of view that they're going to come and most of them are fully fit, it's going to be a really tight game. I'd be hoping that Kerry's bench and their attacking options off the bench.

"In this game in 2019, the score was 1-18 to 0-18 in favour of Kerry in a really tight game, when Kerry looked in trouble at half-time. The difference in that game was Kerry brought on Tommy Walsh, and he was a great outlet for the Kerry middle-third players, that they could hit him with balls. He started bringing Killian Spillane and David Clifford into the game. The boys found their scores a little easier to come by.

"I think Kerry might nick it by two or three points, with Tommy Walsh and Killian Spillane, and the likes of Micheál Burns coming off the bench to add real punch to that Kerry attack late on."

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