Westmeath manager Tom Cribbin believes that his charges have a great chance against Mayo in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier at Croke Park.

The sides meet in the qualifiers for the first time since 2001 and on that occasion Westmeath came out on top after extra time.

However, the bookies have the Lake County as 10/1 outsiders, but Cribbin told the Westmeath Independent that they have nothing to fear against the Connacht side.

"Our lads are really up for it. Mayo are not playing at their best and the manager probably doesn't yet know his best team," said Cribbin.

"They don't have the pace all over the pitch that Dublin have. Jim Gavin can even bring on natural quality forwards like Paddy Andrews and Paul Mannion. But I still don't think that Dublin were 15 points better than us."

He added: "This is a great chance at the right time of the year to see where we are against a top team. There isn't the same aura about Mayo that there is about Dublin. This will really let us know where we are at."

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