Melbourne Victory’s Men and Women squads are in for the final AAMI Park double-header of the season on Friday night.
It will be the A-League Men squad’s first taste of action for 13 days, allowing a number of bodies to re-energise ahead of a busy month.
Jason Geria rested last match and will return to the line-up.
Brendan Hamill (covid protocols) also missed the Mariners clash but is expected to return to face Macarthur.
Rai Marchan is ramping up his training and nearing a return but remains unavailable.
Matt Spiranovic is also unavailable as he continues his rehab.
In exciting news for the A-League Women squad on the eve of a potential Finals campaign, Melina Ayres is a chance to play her first game of the season.
Claudia Bunge will return from international duties and bolster the defence.
Casey Dumont left last week’s match through injury but hasn’t been ruled out.
Men’s squad v Macarthur Bulls – Friday 7:45pm AEDT (AAMI Park)
#1 Matt Acton
#2 Jason Geria
#3 Jason Davidson
#6 Leigh Broxham
#7 Chris Ikonomidis
#8 Josh Brillante (C)
#9 Francesco Margiotta
#10 Robbie Kruse
#11 Ben Folami
#13 Birkan Kirdar
#14 Jay Barnett
#15 Aaron Anderson
#16 Stefan Nigro
#17 Brendan Hamill
#18 Nick D’Agostino
#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
Women’s squad v Canberra United – Friday 5:05pm AEDT (AAMI Park)
#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
