Fermanagh's Declan O'Reilly wins the ball ahead of Colin Devlin

Amazingly, all Derry's scores came from play including their goals from Colin Devlin and Raymond Wilkinson.

Devlin's goal helped Derry lead 1-6 to 0-5 at the interval.

Sean Doherty's goal helped Fermanagh take the lead but Wilkinson's goal, after a Paddy Bradley pass, turned the game in Derry's favour again.

Matthew Keenan's accuracy from free kicks kept the Erne men in touch early on, and with 24 minutes played, they were just a point adrift at 0-5 to 0-4.

But Devlin's superb goal gave Derry some breathing space on 27 minutes.

He picked up possession 45 metres out on the left before sprinting through to blast past Chris Breen.

Paddy Bradley managed just one point in the opening half, off his less favoured right foot, late in the half, to send the Oak Leafers in with a 1-6 to 0-5 advantage.

McGoldrick stretched the lead within 15 seconds of the restart, but just two minutes later, the Erne men did get the goal they had been threatening and probably deserved with Doherty supplying the finish.

It was a remarkable response from Malachy O'Rourke's charges, who in the space of seven minutes went from five points behind to a point in front.

Mark Little levelled from a free, before Maguire sliced over the lead point, but Derry were soon level again with a typical Paddy Bradley effort, effortlessly floated between the posts from the left wing.

And Bradley turned creator for Derry's second goal, crossing from the left for Wilkinson to net from close range 15 minutes into the half after substitutes Paul Murphy and Enda Lynn had combined impressively.

The goal turned the game in Derry's favour again and they went on to set up a decider against Down at Casement Park on Saturday evening (1930 GMT).

Derry: B Gillis, K McGuckin, L Hinphey, F McEldowney, M McBride (0-1), J Keenan, P O'Hea, J Conway (0-2), M Friel, A McElhone, C O'Kane (0-1), R Wilkinson (1-0), C Devlin (1-1), P Bradley (0-4), S McGoldrick (0-1). Subs: P Murphy for Friel, E Lynn (0-1) for O'Kane, D McBride for O'Hea, F Doherty (0-1) for McElhone, R Kealy for Wilkinson.

Fermanagh: C Breen, S Goan, P Mohan, D O'Reilly, T McElroy, S McDermott, D Kelly (0-1), M McGrath, M Murphy, M Little (0-2, 2 frees), S Doherty (1-2), C McElroy, P Cadden, M Keenan (0-3, 3 frees), E Maguire (0-1). Subs: P Sherry for O'Reilly, R Johnston for T McElroy, R Keenan (0-1) for C McElroy, C Boyle for Keenan, B Mulrone for Doherty.

Referee: M Sludden (Dromore).