O'Rourke says Fermanagh will be very tough opponents

Armagh and Down will line-out as expected with no changes for the weekend's football action.

Orchard County boss Joe Kernan continues with the same formation that romped home against Waterford for Saturday's second round qualifier against Antrim at Casement Park.

It means John McEntee, who along with John Toal and Paddy McKeever started the All-Ireland final, are on the bench.

It means that Andy Mallon will remain at right corner-back and Philip Loughran in the midfield.

Meanwhile, Down boss Paddy O'Rourke has given his side vote of confidence for Sunday's Ulster Championship semi-final against Fermanagh.

However, he has a worry over Dan Gordon who picked up an ankle injury in the first round success over Monaghan.

''His ankle is still troubling him, so we will give him up until Friday or Saturday to recover,'' O'Rourke told BBC Sport.

Many believe that Down are coming out of the shadows, but O'Rourke is naturally cautious.

''We'll being involved in playing, we do not get caught up in the talk,'' he said.

''After all, we have only won a game. It was a first round victory and we have to come back quickly to training.

''I think the supporters get more out of the wins than those closely associated with the team.

We are under no illusions about Sunday. Fermanagh are a very good side Paddy O'Rourke

''I think one thing that did impress me in the victory over Monaghan was that we played some good Down football with some flair involved.

''Most of all, however, we showed that we wanted to win the game. We had our backs to wall at the end but the lads responded very well to the pressure.

''We are under no illusions about Sunday. Fermanagh are a very good side with a better League campaign than ourselves finishing top of their section while we were fairly low.

''Dominic Corrigan will have them superbly organised and they have some extremely experienced and talented players and they will be extremely difficult to beat.''

Antrim are also expected to keep the same side that went down to Tyrone last Sunday.

Colin Brady, who missed that defeat at Casement as he was holidaying in Portugal, will not be re-instated.

''I don't think he will back into the reckoning,'' said Saffrons boss PJ O'Hare.

''It would be totally unfair of me to the players that I had on Sunday. ''I'm quite loyal.''

Armagh: P Hearty; A Mallon, J McNulty, F Bellew; A O'Rourke, K McGeeney, A McCann; P Loughran, P McGrane; D Marsden, B O'Hagan, O McConville; S McDonnell, R Clarke, T McEntee.

Down: M McVeigh; J Clarke, B Burns, B Grant; J Lavery, A Molloy, M Cole; S Ward, G McCartan; L Doyle, B Coulter, C McCrickard; M Walsh, D Gordon, R Murtagh.

Helped by Donnelly's opening goal and a three-pointer from former Tyrone star Brian Gormely, the Carmen led 2-5 to 0-6 at the break.