Running the numbers on Monaghan and Tyrone U20s
PREVIEW: Vital Statistics
Ahead of this evening's Ulster final, Colm Shalvey takes a look at some of the key numbers which could prove vital in determining where the silverware goes.
Average score for in 2026:
Monaghan 18.67
Tyrone 19.4
Average score conceded in 2026:
Monaghan 13.8
Tyrone 16.2
Average goals scored:
Monaghan 1.5
Tyrone 1.4
Average goals conceded:
Monaghan 0.5
Tyrone 0.6
Monaghan’s 2026 scorers:
Max McGinnity 3-18 (1-0 pen, 1 2-pt, 1 2-pt-f, 0-7f, 0-1m); Matthew Finn 1-18; Tom Doherty 0-15 (5f); Max Maguire 1-7 (2 2-pt); Killian Kierans 2-4 (0-2f); Canice Murphy 1-3; Matthew Carolan 0-5 (1 2-pt); Shane O’Connor 1-1; John McCrystal, Caoláin Clerkin, Luke O McKenna, Luke H McKenna (1 2-pt) 0-3 each; Seán O’Connell, Jamie Mooney (’45) 0-1 each.
Tyrone’s 2026 scorers:
Shea McDermott 3-29 (3 2-pt, 1 2-pt-f, 0-10f, 0-1 ’45); Jamie Concannon 0-11 (3 2-pt); Conor O’Neill 1-5 (1 2-pt-f); Peter Colton 0-7 (1 2-pt); Leo Hughes 1-4; Brian Gallagher 2-0; Aodhán Quinn, Ruairí McCullagh (2f) 0-4 each; Turlough Muldoon, Adrian McGurren 0-3 each; Conor Devlin 0-2 (1 2-pt); Darragh Donaghy, Liam Lawn, James Mulgrew, Conall Sheehy 0-1 each.