Round Nine
Adelaide v Fremantle
Saturday, May 30 at 7.10pm (SA time) Adelaide Oval
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and Channel Seven
Head to head
Adelaide – 19
Fremantle – 14
Latest news
In the mix
Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich is tipped to overcome hip soreness and take his place in Saturday night’s Indigenous Round clash with the Crows.
Out of action (estimates only)
Alex Pearce (back bruising) – Test
Zac Dawson (groin) – Test
Alex Silvagni (hamstring) - 7-9 weeks
Michael Apeness (knee) - 7-9 weeks
Anthony Morabito (knee) – TBA
Fremantle’s last five
2015 Round Eight, Fremantle 17.13 (115) d North Melbourne 5.12 (42), Domain Stadium
2015 Round Seven, Western Bulldogs 14.4 (88) d by Fremantle 15.11 (101), Etihad Stadium
2015 Round Six, Fremantle 12.8 (80) d Essendon 7.10 (52), Domain Stadium
2015 Round Five, Melbourne 6.14 (50) d by Fremantle 18.10 (118), MCG
2015 Round Four, Fremantle 11.8 (74) d Sydney 8.12 (60), Domain Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide
2014 Round 12, Fremantle 12.18 (90) d Adelaide 7.8 (50), Domain Stadium
2013 Round 18, Fremantle 11.9 (75) d Adelaide 7.11 (53), Patersons Stadium
2013 Round 10, Adelaide 8.11 (59) d by Fremantle 10.6 (66), AAMI Stadium
2012 Semi Final, Adelaide 12.9 (81) d Fremantle 11.5 (71), AAMI Stadium
2012 Round 20, Adelaide 17.17 (119) d Fremantle 14.7 (91), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
2. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)
1. Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
Most recent team
B: C. Pearce, McPharlin, Spurr
HB: Ibbotson, Johnson, S. Hill
C: Duffield, Fyfe, D. Pearce
HF: Mayne, Taberner, Walters
F: Z. Clarke, Pavlich, Ballantyne
Foll: Sandilands, Mundy, Suban
Interchange: Barlow, Neale, Sutcliffe, Sheridan
News bites
AFL Preview: Crows v Dockers
Can Adelaide hand the Dockers their first loss of the season?
Dan Sultan to rock Indigenous Round
ARIA award winner Dan Sultan will perform before Adelaide’s Indigenous Round clash with Fremantle at Adelaide Oval.
