Ulster SFC 2024 Preview: Team-by-team guide, predictions, betting odds and more

The 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship gets under way this weekend with the preliminary round derby between Monaghan and Cavan.

Antrim, Fermanagh and Down will need to reach the provincial final in order to qualify for the Super 16. Failure to do so will result in Tailteann Cup football.Antrim Manager: Andy McEntee2023 Championship results: Ulster SFC Preliminary round: Armagh 0-20 Antrim 1-8; Tailteann Cup R1: Antrim 3-18 Leitrim 2-12; R2: Wexford 0-14 Antrim 2-15; R3: Fermanagh 1-12 Antrim 3-13: Tailteann Cup quarter-final: Antrim 1-19 Carlow 1-15; Tailteann Cup semi-final: Meath 2-16 Antrim 2-14.

Verdict: Relegated on the final day of the League in 2023, Armagh made a swift return to the top flight in 2024. Beyond that, it is difficult to know how far into the All-Ireland series Armagh can go as they’ve lost successive quarter-finals on penalties to Galway and Monaghan when they should have won both games in normal time.2024 Championship results: Ulster SFC quarter-final: Cavan 0-12 Armagh 1-14; Tailteann Cup R1: Cavan 2-20 Laois 1-14; R2: Cavan 0-18 London 2-6; R3: Cavan 2-25 Offaly 2-9; Tailteann Cup quarter-final: Cavan 0-15 Down 1-17.

However, the Farney also have a point to prove after being relegated after spending 10 years in Division One and Cavan will need a swift return to form to trouble their neighbours.

Yet, Derry will have sights on the ultimate prize later in the summer and, if they can keep their key players injury-free, they look set to make a bold challenge for their second senior All-Ireland crown.

The Mournemen will be fancied to account for Antrim in the quarter-final and would likely face Armagh in the semi-finals. Verdict: The 2023 season proved to be a real mixed bag for Fermanagh and 2024 is shaping up to be something similar. Verdict: Odds of 20/1 to win the Ulster Championship might underestimate Monaghan, albeit they have an extra game and a tough passage if they are to lift the Anglo Celt for the first time since 2015.

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