If YOU think Dublin are going to stroll to a fourth Leinster final and title in a row, think again. Today, they encounter the most formidable and in-form defence in the country. After conceding 2-13 in both their championship defeats last summer, Westmeath have made an astonishing transformation into becoming the meanest defensive unit in the country.

As the table below shows, they've conceded on average just 9.5 points per game this year, a massive 2.3 ppg ahead of the side in second, Kerry.

A number of other sides and figures jump out, such as…

» Cork are the only side in the country yet to concede a goal, but then they have yet to play Kerry and didn't get to play fellow All Ireland semi-finalists Meath and Dublin in the league.

» Down will have to tighten up today if they're to reach an Ulster final – at the moment they're ranked 18th in the country, even though more than half their games this year were against sides who'll be in either Division Three or Four next year.

» Roscommon are last by a long distance, conceding on average 2-15 a game, Galway's 2-16 tally against them obviously just par for the course.