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Galway's senior footballers travel to Páirc Seán MacDiarmada to take on Leitrim in the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final this Saturday.

With the Connacht championship now firmly on the horizon, attention inevitably turns to what Galway’s starting XV might look like. League football often raises as many questions as answers, and that certainly seems to be the case this year.

Survival but no finals or silverware. That’s the bottom line for Galway’s two flagship GAA teams after their National League campaigns wrapped up last weekend.

Galway face Connacht rivals Roscommon at Pearse Stadium this Saturday evening as they look to build on their National Football League momentum.

Goalfilled drama and the vivid clash of maroon and green-and-red are usually reserved for balmy summer afternoons, not dreary Sunday afternoons in January. Yet football supporters at Pearse Stadium were treated to a classic as Mayo edged Galway in a pulsating Allianz Football League Division One opener, a contest not decided until the final frantic moments.

With a round to spare, the shape of the Galway Senior Football Championship is already becoming clear. Some sides are safely through to the knockouts, while others are staring into the relegation abyss.

In just the second weekend of senior club football across the county, this weekend already carries huge significance. We’ll run through each of this weekend’s fixtures ahead of a high-stakes round of action, where the Round 1 winners and losers face off against one another.

Galway footballers are looking forward to just their third All-Ireland semi-final since 2001 after an incredible clawback win from behind to beat Dublin last Saturday evening.