A League Round 10 - Adelaide v Wellington (Sun 28th Oct - 4:30pm)

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Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix Kick-Off 4:30pm ACDT (7:00pm NZDT, 5:00pm AEDT, 4:00pm AEST, 3:00pm AWDT) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Referee: Simon Przydacz Web Radio: Sky Sport 3 (www.skytv.co.nz) Fresh FM (Adelaide) 92.7FM www.freshfm.com.au Adelaide United Squad: 1.Daniel BELTRAME (gk), 2.Richie ALAGICH, 3.Milan SUSAK, 6.CASSIO, 7.Lucas PANTELIS, 8.Kristian SARKIES, 10.Nathan BURNS, 13.Travis DODD (captain), 14.Shaun ONTONG, 15.Jonas SALLEY, 17.Isyan ERDOGAN, 18.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 20.Robert BAJIC (gk), 21.Jason SPAGNUOLO, 22.DIEGO.23.Dez GIRALDI *one to be omitted In: Isyan Erdogan (promoted), Shaun Ontong (promoted) Out: Angelo Costanzo (knee – 4 weeks) Others Unavailable: Paul Agostino (calf – 1 week), Bobby Petta (calf – 2 weeks), Bruce Djite (ankle – 5 weeks), Michael Valkanis (knee – season) Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Mark PASTON (gk), 2.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 3.Tony LOCHHEAD, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Ross ALOISI (captain), 8.Vaughan COVENY, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 11.DANIEL, 12.Richard JOHNSON, 13.Steven OLD, 14.Steven O’DOR, 17.Vince LIA, 18.Ahmad ELRICH, 20.Glen MOSS (gk), 21.FELIPE, 22.Royce BROWNLIE. *one to be omitted In: Felipe (return from injury), Steven Old (promoted), Vaughan Coveny (promoted) Out: Karl Dodd (suspended – 1 week), Costa Barbarouses (omitted) Others Unavailable: Michael Ferrante (knee – 1 week) Impending stats, facts and trivia Adelaide United will be aiming to create a new club record of most consecutive home matches without defeat in the Hyundai A-League this weekend. Adelaide's current undefeated home streak stands at six, equal to a six-match undefeated home match streak attained in November 2005 to February 2006. The last time Adelaide lost at home was in Round 19 of the 2006/07 season (4-Jan-07), a 1-0 loss to the Queensland Roar.

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Re: A League Round 10 - Adelaide v Wellington (Sun 28th Oct - 4:30pm) Phoenix captain Ross Aloisi will return to Adelaide for the first time since his parting of ways at the end of last season with Wellington looking to move on from a horror month as quickly as possible. The New Zealanders have lost all three matches through October and even though coach Ricki Herbert said that the first-half last week against the Mariners was the club's best 45 minutes of the season, his side still lost their concentration in the final stages to again lose 2-1. In fact, defensive mix-ups - in spite of the returns of regular full-backs Jeremy Christie and Tony Lochhead from All Whites duty - were to blame for both the Mariners goals last Sunday so Herbert might have already been considering changes before he discovered Karl Dodd was to serve a one-match ban for accumulating four cautions. Dodd has been Wellington's best defender with Herbert likely to replace him with Steven Old in what will be a daunting challenge against an attack-minded Reds forward line. Adelaide coach Aurelio Vidmar stuck to a winning formula against Sydney FC and it paid dividends with the club's one-goal victory - courtesy of Lucas Pantelis' second successive goal - its first at Sydney Football Stadium. The Reds might have now gone five games without defeat - a run which started at Westpac Stadium last month - but don't expect Vidmar to keep Nathan Burns on the outer for too long. Neither Burns nor Kristian Sarkies started against Sydney but are likely to come back into contention for a starting berth while Milan Susak is in pole position to replace Ange Costanzo (knee) in an inexperienced looking central defence. Shaun Ontong is another possibility. Marquee striker Paul Agostino (calf), Bruce Djite (ankle) and Bobby Petta (calf) are also high profile absentees alongside club captain Michael Valkanis (knee) but their losses don't appear to be causing much hesitation in Vidmar's on-song side. Indeed Adelaide is so strong at home, you have to go back to the start of the calendar year to find its last home domestic defeat - a 1-0 defeat to the Roar. That's a sequence of 10 games now without defeat at Hindmarsh. Wellington's leading scorer Shane Smeltz, who played seven times for Adelaide United in the former national league, scoring once, will be helped by Felipe being passed fit following a hamstring tear while Vaughan Coveny replaces youngster Costa Barbarouses.

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