Round Two
Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Saturday, April 2 at 1:15pm (local time) Adelaide Oval
Broadcast details
Live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy
Head to head
Port Adelaide - 21
Adelaide - 18
Latest news
Ex-Dee in the mix
Former Melbourne midfielder Jimmy Toumpas could make his Port Adelaide debut in Showdown XL.
Out of action (estimates only)
Will Snelling – virus (available)
Riley Bonner – hamstring (available)
Matt White - pectoral (TBC)
Nathan Krakouer - jaw (2-4 weeks)
Billy Frampton – foot (3 weeks)
Dan Houston – hip/groin (3 weeks)
Tom Clurey – foot (3 weeks)
Port Adelaide’s last five
2016 Round One, Port Adelaide 20.13 (133) d St Kilda 15.10 (100), Adelaide Oval
2015 Round 23, Port Adelaide 18.14 (122) d Fremantle 8.5 (53), Adelaide Oval
2015 Round 22, Gold Coast 7.9 (51) d by Port Adelaide 12.16 (88), Metricon Stadium
2015 Round 21, Hawthorn 13.8 (86) d by Port Adelaide 16.12 (108), Etihad Stadium
2015 Round 20, Port Adelaide 16.15 (111) d Greater Western Sydney 13.12 (90), Adelaide Oval
Recent form against Adelaide
2015 Round 16, Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) d by Adelaide 18.8 (116), Adelaide Oval
2015 Round Five, Adeialde 13.13 (91) d by Port Adelaide 18.7 (115), Adelaide Oval
2014 Round 15, Adelaide 14.15 (99) d Port Adelaide 10.16 (76), Adelaide Oval
2014 Round Two, Port Adelaide 19.13 (127) d Adelaide 11.7 (73), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round 19, Adelaide 15.13 (103) d by Port Adelaide 17.5 (107), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3 – Scott Thompson (Adelaide)
2 – Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
1 – Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)
Most recent team
B: Jack Hombsch, Alipate Carlile, Tom Jonas
HB: Matthew Broadbent, Jasper Pittard, Jarmen Impey
C: Jared Polec, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert
HF: Hamish Hartlett, Charlie Dixon, Chad Wingard
F: Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz, Justin Westhoff
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Travis Boak, Matt White
Interchange: Jake Neade, Jackson Trengove, Brendon Ah Chee, Sam Gray
News bites
White out
Port Adelaide has confirmed speedster Matt White will miss Saturday’s Showdown XL clash with Adelaide.
Stats that matter: Showdown XL
A statistical preview of Saturday’s huge match between South Australia’s biggest sporting rivals.
AFL.com.au Match Preview
Saturday’s Showdown will be the 40th encounter between the two South Australian clubs, who does AFL Media think will emerge the winner?