Adelaide United has been forced into at least one change for Friday night’s Isuzu UTE A-League match against Western Sydney with attacker Musa Toure a confirmed absentee due to injury.
Toure suffered a quad injury late in the loss to Brisbane last weekend and will spend a period on the sideline.
Head coach Carl Veart has brought winger Bernardo into a 20-man squad named for the game at Commbank Stadium.
Centre backs Nick Ansell and Alexandar Popović have also been included.
Veart will settle on his final line-up 90 minutes before the 7:15pm ACDT kick-off.
1. James DELIANOV, 3. Ben WARLAND, 4. Nick ANSELL, 7. Ryan KITTO (c), 8. ISAÍAS, 9. Hiroshi IBUSUKI, 10. Zach CLOUGH, 13. Lachlan BARR, 17. Luka JOVANOVIĆ, 21. Javi LOPEZ, 22. Ryan TUNNICLIFFE, 23. Luke DUZEL, 26. Ben HALLORAN, 31. BERNARDO, 37. Jonny YULL, 41. Alexandar POPOVIĆ, 43. Giuseppe BOVALINA, 46. Joe GAUCI, 55. Ethan ALAGICH, 66. Nestory IRANKUNDA
In: 4. Nick ANSELL, 31. BERNARDO, 41. Alexandar POPOVIĆ
Out: 49. Musa TOURE
Unavailable: 2. Harry VAN DER SAAG (knee), 18. Jay BARNETT (hamstring), 36. Panashe MADANHA (ankle), 49. Musa TOURE (quad)
Match details:
Isuzu UTE A-League Round 8
Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United
Friday, 15 December 2023, Kick-off: 7:15pm ACDT / 7:45pm AEDT
Commbank Stadium
