Mayo off the mark to leave faltering Kerry facing a battle

Mayo 2-15 Kerry 1-13

They are hardly in the doldrums of 12 months ago. For one, the nature of this defeat was hardly as damning as last February’s loss here in Castlebar, when they failed to score in the second half.

Yet the table will show they have just as much to show for almost halfway through the campaign as they had last season.