Melbourne Victory is eyeing back-to-back Liberty A-League Women’s Championships on Sunday with a healthy squad to select from.
Melina Ayres‘ late season return following an injury riddled campaign has been a huge addition and a major reason for the team’s recent success.
Amy Jackson‘s return has also been influential, giving coach Jeff Hopkins the flexibility of a full squad to craft a winning line-up.
Kyra Cooney-Cross scored the winner in last year’s decider and will again be a key player.
Captain Kayla Morrison, who remains out after a Round 1 knee injury, will be in the hearts of the team on Sunday.
In the Men’s squad, Chris Ikonomidis returned from a hamstring injury on Wednesday night, coming off the bench in the 68th minute.
Matt Spiranovic (covid protocols) and Robbie Kruse (knee) will miss.
Nick D’Agostino and Ben Folami remain unavailable as they represent Australia in World Cup Qualifiers.
Women’s squad v Sydney FC – Sunday 4:05pm AEDT (away)
#1 Casey Dumont
#2 Tiffany Eliadis
#3 Claudia Bunge
#4 Emma Robers
#5 Courtney Nevin
#7 Kyra Cooney-Cross
#8 Alana Murphy
#9 Catherine Zimmerman
#10 Alex Chidiac
#11 Harriet Withers
#13 Polly Doran
#14 Melina Ayres
#15 Amy Jackson
#16 Paige Zois
#17 Maja Markovski
#19 Lia Privitelli (C)
#20 Melissa Maizels
#22 Francesca Iermano
#25 Brooke Hendrix
#30 MelindaJ Barbieri
#40 Sophia Varley
Men’s squad v Western United – Sunday 7:05pm AEDT (AAMI Park)
#1 Matt Acton
#2 Jason Geria
#3 Jason Davidson
#4 Rai Marchan
#6 Leigh Broxham
#7 Chris Ikonomidis
#8 Josh Brillante (C)
#9 Francesco Margiotta
#13 Birkan Kirdar
#14 Jay Barnett
#15 Aaron Anderson
#16 Stefan Nigro
#17 Brendan Hamill
#19 Luka Prso
#20 Ivan Kelava
#21 Roderick Miranda
#22 Jake Brimmer
#23 Marco Rojas
#24 Nishan Velupillay
#25 Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio
#26 Lleyton Brooks
#27 Zaydan Bello
Marko Bulic
