UPDATE:

Bartel ruled out of Crows clash - AFL.com.au
"BARTEL was subbed out of last weekend's win against Melbourne with an ankle injury, but was named in the Cats' side to take on Adelaide when the official teams were released on Thursday night ..."

Round seven: Adelaide v Geelong
Saturday, May 12 at 12:45pm (SA time) Please note time change
AAMI Stadium

Out of action (estimates only)
Joel Selwood (concussion) - test
Mathew Stokes (ankle) - test
Tom Lonergan (soreness) - test
Taylor Hunt (soreness) - test
Jordan Murdoch (finger) - test
Jordan Schroder (ankle) - test
Daniel Menzel (knee) - indefinite
Travis Varcoe (foot) - indefinite
Nathan Vardy (hip) - indefinite
Dawson Simpson (back) - indefinite

Recent form
Round six: Geelong 17.17 (119) d Melbourne 11.10 (76), Simonds Stadium
Round five: Geelong 12.7 (79) d Brisbane Lions 4.17 (41), Gabba
Round four: Geelong 11.9 (75) d Richmond 9.11 (65), Simonds Stadium
Round three: Geelong 16.18 (114) lost to North Melbourne 20.11 (131), Etihad Stadium
Round two: Geelong 14.8 (92) d Hawthorn 13.12 (90), MCG

Recent form against Adelaide
2011, Round 21, Geelong 14.12 (96) d Adelaide 12.13 (85), AAMI Stadium
2011, Round 14, Geelong 19.11 (125) d Adelaide 10.13 (73), Simonds Stadium
2010, Round 16, Adelaide 11.8 (74) d Geelong 9.9 (63), AAMI Stadium
2009, Round 18, Geelong 14.9 (93) d Adelaide 13.13 (91), AAMI Stadium
2009, Round four, Geelong 21.8 (134) d Adelaide 13.8 (86), AAMI Stadium

TEAM:
B: Matthew Scarlett, Harry Taylor, Josh Hunt
HB: Corey Enright, Tom Longergan, Andrew Mackie
C: James Kelly, Allen Christensen, Joel Corey
HF: Mitch Duncan, James Podsiadly, Steven Motlop
F: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Joel Selwood
Foll: Trent West, Taylor Hunt, Paul Chapman
I/C: Jimmy Bartel, Jesse Stringer, Billie Smedts, Cam Guthrie
EMG: Shannon Byrnes, Tom Gillies, George Horlin-Smith

IN: Joel Selwood, Taylor Hunt, Tom Lonergan
OUT: Shannon Byrnes, Mitch Brown, Tom Gillies

Stats that matter
Patrick Dangerfield (second), Scott Thompson (third) and Rory Sloane (ninth) are all top-10 in the competition for hard-ball gets. Dangerfield has amassed 43 - just two fewer than in-form Swan Josh Kennedy (45). Thompson has 41 and Sloane 35. No other club has multiple players ranked inside the top 10 in this stat.

Since 2007, Geelong has won seven of the eight matches between these two teams by an average margin of 31 points. The overall record is: Cats 17 wins, Crows 15 wins.

The Cats are ranked No.1 in the competition for tackles this season, averaging 79 a game. Adelaide is ranked 11^th averaging 64 tackles.

Crows coach Brenton Sanderson and assistant Darren Milburn played a combined total of 491 games for Geelong.

Forward Taylor Walker leads the Coleman Medal race with 20 goals. Geelong pair Tom Hawkins (19) and James Podsiadly (18) sit in second and third place in the 2012 AFL goalkicking.

Patrick Dangerfield is second in the League for inside 50ms this year.

The Crows are ranked No.1 in the competition in the clearance differential, averaging 6.5 more clearances than their opposition. Geelong is ranked 13^th in this statistic. Adelaide is also ranked No.1 in the contested possession differential (+21.5), while the Cats sit 16^th (-12.7).

Rory Sloane amassed a career-high 36 possessions against Geelong in round 21 last season. He also took 10 marks and kicked a goal.

Sam Jacobs had 44 hit-outs against the Swans, and is ranked third in the competition overall (180).

News Bites
Wojo whack - AFL.com.au
"AFTER deliberating for about an hour and a half, the tribunal found Wojcinski guilty and handed down a two game suspension to be served concurrently with the already accepted a one-match suspension for striking Viney ..."

Geelong to regain stars - AFL.com.au
“GEELONG expects to recall Joel Selwood and Tom Lonergan from injury this week against Adelaide but Mathew Stokes is unlikely. Jimmy Bartel should also be fine after he was subbed out with an ankle injury …”

Cream Rising - AFL.com.au
“GEELONG young gun Steven Motlop is the round six NAB Rising Star nominee …”

Cats fear lengthy Wojo ban - AFL.com.au
“GEELONG coach Chris Scott says the Cats are fearful that veteran defender David Wojcinski could be sidelined for almost two months if he is suspended by the VFL tribunal on Tuesday night …”

Adelaide takes on Geelong, 12.45pm Saturday 12 May in the Crows next home match AAMI Stadium.  Click here for tickets and match day information.