Live Updates: Donegal open their NFL campaign against Dublin in Ballybofey

ALL OVER - Donegal take the win with  four to spare over Dublin 

69 MINS: Dublin 0-16:0-20 Donegal: Sean Lowry gets in to clip over and matters enter the last minute of normal time 

67 MINS: Donegal 0-20:0-15 Dublin: McBrearty takes advantage of a close range free and Donegal are five clear with three to go 

65 MINS: Donegal 0-19: 0-15 Dublin: Oisin Gallen puts the burners on and races through the middle to post 

DONEGAL SUB: Mark Curran for Eoghan Ban Gallagher (63)

62 MINS: Donegal 0-18:0-15 Dublin: McBrearty nails a free from just inside the arch and it's a two-point game with eight  to go

61 MINS: Dublin 0-15:0-17 Donegal: Sean Bugler for Dublin 

DONEGAL SUBS: Odhran Doherty and Eoin McHugh in for McHugh and Shane O'Donnell (59) 

Oisin Gallen gets his shot away for Donegal against Dublin 

58 MINS: Donegal 0-17:0-14 Dublin: Langan and substitute Patrick McBrearty both clear the crossbar as Donegal jump three clear 

55 MINS: Dublin 0-14:0-15 Donegal: Breathnach goes down the other side and registers 

DONEGAL SUBS: Patrick McBrearty and Jamie Brennan in for McFadden and C O'Donnell (52)

52 MINS: Donegal 0-15:0-13 Dublin: Peadar Mogan gets in along endline to fist over

50 MINS: Dublin 0-13:0-14 Donegal: Luke Breathnach lands to once again leave the minimum between the teams

49 MINS: Donegal 0-14:0-12 Dublin: Oisin Gallen clips a free off the ground just left of centre 

DUBLIN SUB: Luke Breathnach for Basquel (47)

46 MINS: Dublin 0-12:0-13 Donegal: Ciaran Kilkenny lands a two-pointer and it's a one-point game 

43 MINS: Donegal 0-13:0-10 Dublin: Oisin Gallen curls over a real beauty as Donegal again move three up

42 MINS: Dublin 0-10:0-12 Donegal: Greg McEneaney again gets up the field to find space 

40 MINS: Donegal 0-12:0-9 Dublin: Ciaran Thompson wins a stray Dublin kickout and tees up Niall O'Donnell

38 MINS: Dublin 0-9:0-11 Donegal: A third Dublin point on this spin - this  time from wing back Greg McEneaney - reduces arrears to two. 

36 MINS: Dublin 0-8:0-11: Dublin start quickly as Niall Scully and Basquel hit back to back overs. 

HALF-TIME: Donegal 0-11:0-6 Dublin 

34 MINS: Dublin 0-6:0-11 Donegal: Bugler gets in again a minute out from the break 

33 MINS: Donegal 0-11:0-5 Dublin: Another Ó Baoill two-pointer and Donegal are six clear 

DUBLIN SUBS: Conor Tyrell  and Niall Scully replace D Byrne and J Madden  (31)

30 MINS: Donegal 0-9:0-5 Dublin: Conor O'Donnell finds space in behind 

Daire Ó Baoill and Finnbarr Roarty close in on Colm Basquel

29 MINS: Dublin 0-5:0-8 Donegal: McGinnis grabs his second as Dublin cut gap back to three. 

DUBLIN SUB: Dublin make a change as Tom Lahiff replaces Kevin Lahiff (27)

27 MINS: Dublin 0-4:0-8 Donegal: Sean Bugler hits the target for Dublin 

26 MINS: Donegal 0-8:0-3: Daire Ó Baoill with the game's first two-pointer 

16 MINS: Donegal 0-6:0-3 Dublin: Mogan again, and Gallen, hit the mark in quick succession 

14 MINS: Donegal 0-4:0-3 Dublin: Peadar Mogan takes on the responsibility and Donegal are back in front 

11 MINS: Donegal 0-3:0-3 Dublin: Ciaran Thompson sails over from a free on the wide right 

9 MINS: Dublin 0-3:0-2 Donegal: Basquel takes advantage of a poor Shaun Patton dispatch and Dublin lead for first  time

6 MINS: Dublin 0-2:0-2 Donegal: Donegal: Colm Basquel levels it up - Donegal felt it was a wide ball  

4 MINS: DUBLIN 0-1:0-2 Donegal: Killian McGinnis gets through down the other side to open Dublin's account 

3 MINS: Donegal 0-2:0-0: Michael Langan doubles the hosts' advantage 

2 MINS: Donegal 0-1:0-0 Dublin: Less than two minutes in and Shane O'Donnell opens the scoring for Donegal 

And we're underway 

A minute's silence is observed for the late Don Langan - uncle of Michael Langan - prior to throw-in  

*Michael Langan will captain Donegal this evening.  

7.15pm: And the teams are in. One change to the Donegal side named in the programme with Caolan McGonagle replacing Odhran Doherty 

DONEGAL: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan; Ryan McHugh, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Ciaran Moore; Michael Langan, Ciaran Thompson; Daire O Baoill, Conor O’Donnell, Shane O’Donnell; Hugh McFadden, Oisin Gallen, Caolan McGonagle.

DUBLIN: Gavin Sheridan; David Byrne, Theo Clancy, Sean MacMahon; Brian Howard, Cian Murphy, Greg McEneaney; James Madden, Killian McGinnis; Kevin Lahiff, Sean Bugler, Ciaran Kilkenny; Colm Basquel, Eoghan O’Donnell, Brian O”Leary.

REFEREE: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon).

7.10pm: Donegal welcome Dublin to the north west as Jim McGuinness' side finally get out of the National Football League starting blocks... stay tuned here for live updates from MacCumhaill Park Ballybofey.