In a remarkable recovery, Vidosic fractured two vertebrae in his back during the clash with Newcastle just over a fortnight ago, an injury that many expected he would take a month to return from if he was lucky.

But just on two weeks later, the 24-year-old was kitting up and returning to the fray as a half-time substitute, helping his side secure a point as Fabian Barbiero equalised in the 82nd minute with a powerful strike after Archie Thompson had nodded Victory ahead on the hour.

"It's a little bit sore," admitted Vidosic after the game. "I trained a little bit during the week but it's just one of those things, I prefer to be out on the pitch and sometimes you play through the pain.

"It was hard for me to just sit out and watch and I came into training, felt good and luckily I pushed Rini a little bit and he let me play."

After an injury-interrupted start to his season at Adelaide, Vidosic just expects things to get better now that the bones are mending.

"I think you just monitor it and look after it, it's just a fractured bone, so it's not really like a muscle where you can really give it any treatment," he said.

"It's just leave it and it felt good and I felt okay tonight but it can only get better now when I get back into training and start getting the sharpness back."

Although the Reds are languishing in second-last on the Hyundai A-League table, they are still just seven points adrift of sixth-placed Perth Glory, heading into Friday night's clash with 10th-placed Gold Coast.

And, with striker Sergio van Dijk also back on deck after recovering from a calf injury, Vidosic says Adelaide are confident they can match it with anyone in the league, especially after seeing Brisbane Roar slump to two consecutive losses.

"As long as we keep improving, there's still a long way to go," Vidosic said. "You can see now, everyone thought Roar were gone (way ahead) and all of a sudden Central Coast are equal top.

"That's the special thing about the A-League, is that everyone's so close and it's such a competitive league and every week you have to turn up.

"It's basically a grand final otherwise it's not going to be a good game."