The second half of the draw for the preliminary round of the Friends Provident International-sponsored FA Cup has thrown up some potentially one-sided affairs.

Premier League St George’s will be firm favourites to get the better of Castletown in an all-top flight clash at Glencrutchery Road.

Geordies currently lie fourth in the table some 20 points clear of this opponents and will be expected to comfortably see off the challenge of the southern team to continue their quest for yet more silverware to add to the Glencrutchery Road trophy cabinet.

Likewise, fellow Premier League high-fliers St Mary’s will be red hot favourites to brush aside Division Two strugglers Michael United. The game should take place at the Bowl if the storm damaged is fixed in time, if not it is likely to be played at Colby’s Station Fields ground.

The Saints are currently second in the top flight, whereas the westerners lie second-bottom in Division Two, therefore a big scoreline could be on the cards.

A much closer contest could be in store in Tromode where Gymns host Onchan in an all-Division Two affair. The Os go into the match on the back of an impressive 5-3 win over Foxdale which has kickstarted their bid to claim a place in the top four and maybe even promotion to the Premier League.

Gymns endured a tough start to the season but Tony Sewell’s men enjoyed an impressive resurgence as the first half of the campaign wore on and could spring a surprise in this game, although Onchan will start as favourites.

The clash between Governor’s Athletic and Pulrose United was possibly going to be moved to Colby as well due to unavailability at Bemahague, but it has been confirmed that the game will go ahead at Athletic’s home ground as scheduled, kicking off at the slightly later time of 2.30pm.

Division Two pacesetters Pully will undoubtedly start as favourites in this one and won the last meeting between the pair 3-0, but Governor’s will be hoping to use the narrow pitch at Bemahague to their advantage.

The day’s sole game in the Canada Life Premier League sees leaders Peel favourites to continue their fine run when they travel to Marown.