Derry’s promotion chances depends on other counties

Derry v Cavan at Find Insurance Celtic Park, 1-15pm, Sunday

Derry go into this weekend's last round of Division Two needing to beat Cavan and hope that neighbours Tyrone do them a favour by beating Cork.
There is also the vague, but unlikely, possibility that winless Offaly could cause a sensation by taking something from their home game with joint leaders Meath.
The current table shows Meath and Cork on 10 points, Derry and Louth on eight Tyrone on five, Cavan with four, Kildare three and Offaly pointless.
Cavan scored a second win on Sunday beating bottom of the pile Offaly but it was a close run affair.
Tyrone are safe and the only thing they have to play for is a morale boosting victory before their next game which is away to fierce rivals Armagh in the preliminary round of the Ulster championship on April 12.
Louth’s victory over Derry was well deserved but not entirely unexpected as they are the current Leinster champions and had beaten Tyrone in Ardee as well.
Derry paid the penalty of being far too wedded to short passing football while Louth played more direct and used more of a kicking game.
Derry must go back to hard running and straightforward football if they are to move on.
They blew Offaly and Cork away with that style so they need to get back to it quickly if they are to progress in the forthcoming Ulster Championship.
Cavan come to Celtic Park with just two victories - over pointless Offaly and, prior to that, Kildare, the two relegation favourites.
In the two opening rounds they gave joint leaders Cork and Meath quite a scare before losing narrowly to both.
Paddy Lynch is their key man in attack but, overall, they depend on hard work and long range score taking.
Their manager and former star midfielder Dermot McCabe will have taken note of Derry’s below par showing against his neighbours Louth.
Celtic Park has been good to Derry in this league with victories over Tyrone, Offaly and Cork.
They will be very hot favourites to get the points and we are likely to see Eoin McEvoy and Conor McCluskey in the starting 15 now that they are fully recovered from injury.
This could well be Derry’s last game before they meet Antrim in the championship on April 18 in Celtic Park unless they qualify for the league final.
Looking at the Tyrone game, Malachy O’Rorke’s team have a good chance of beating Cork, particularly with home advantage.
While bottom team Offaly lost to Cork in round six they still scored 2-19 indicating that they are weak in defence, previous to that Derry hit them with 1-31.
An intriguing day awaits. One possible advantage that Derry have over Cork, Meath and Louth is their scoring difference of 42 points. All four games will start at 1-15pm.