Round 11
Adelaide v Gold Coast
Sunday, June 1 at 12.40pm (SA time), Adelaide Oval
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy, 1:00pm on Channel Seven (30-minute delay)
Head to head
Adelaide – 5
Gold Coast – 0
Milestones
Brent Reilly – 200 AFL games (if selected)
Latest news
In the mix
Gold Coast could field a near full-strength side against Adelaide on Sunday with full-back Rory Thompson expected to overcome a wrist injury.
Out of action (estimates only)
Nathan Bock (leg) – test
Rory Thompson (wrist) - test
Daniel Gorringe (Achilles) – 4-6 weeks
Andrew Boston (ankle) – indefinite
Josh Hall (shoulder) – indefinite
Jack Martin (shoulder) – indefinite
Tom Nicholls (knee) – indefinite
Gold Coast’s last five
2014 Round Ten, Gold Coast 18.11 (119) d Western Bulldogs 10.14 (74), Metricon Stadium
2014 Round Nine, St Kilda 13.9 (87) d by Gold Coast 19.11 (125), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round Seven, North Melbourne 11.11 (77) d by Gold Coast 18.12 (120), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round Six, Gold Coast 20.14 (134) d GWS Giants 13.16 (94), Metricon Stadium
2014 Round Five, Melbourne 11.12 (78) d by Gold Coast 11.20 (86), MCG
Recent form against Adelaide?
2013 Round 14, Gold Coast 11.17 (83) d by Adelaide 16.15 (111), Metricon Stadium
2012 Round 23, Adelaide 22.21 (153) d Gold Coast 9.8 (62), AAMI Stadium
2012 Round One, Gold Coast 10.8 (68) d by Adelaide 19.23 (137), Metricon Stadium
2011 Round 22, Gold Coast 9.10 (64) d by Adelaide 18.17 (125), Metricon Stadium
2011 Round Eight, Adelaide 20.10 (130) d Gold Coast 9.19 (73), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting?
3. Dion Prestia (Gold Coast)
2. Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
1. Brad Crouch (Adelaide)
Most recent team
B: Kolodjashnij, May, Broughton
HB: Shaw, Day, McKenzie
C: Harbrow, Ablett, Rischitelli
HF: Hall, Lynch, Stanley
F: Bennell, Dixon, Matera
Foll: Smith, O’Meara, D. Swallow
Interchange: Sexton, Russell, Prestia, Lemmens
News bites
Ablett cleared
Dual Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett will line up for the Suns on Sunday after being cleared by the Match Review Panel for a hit on Bulldogs tagger Liam Picken.
AFL.com.au match preview: Adelaide v Gold Coast
Adelaide must be on guard this Sunday against a red-hot Suns outfit which has won its past five matches for the first time in club history.
