THE ICC World Cup playoff contenders can't resist the temptation to consider permutations of who they are likely to face but football coach Brett Angell isn't going down that track right now.
The judicious will argue a second or third placing on the ASB Premiership ladder will mean Hawke's Bay United will face Team Wellington in the semifinals as opposed to Fifa Club World Cup upstarts Auckland City perched on the top rung.
The Bay franchise team drew 2-2 with the Wellingtonians at Park Island, Napier, in November before succumbing 3-1 away a month later.
Auckland City have beaten Bay United twice, the second time with some conviction to restart their engine after creating global headlines in their campaign on the global stage in Morocco just before Christmas.
In a 3pm kick off at Bluewater Stadium tomorrow, Bay United host seventh-placed WaiBOP United who are out of the running for a playoffs berth.