Live Blog: Melbourne City vs. Melbourne Victory

The Melbourne Derby between John van't Schip's Melbourne City and Kevin Muscat's Melbourne Victory is renewed on Saturday night at AAMi Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In the last contest, City had the upper hand and they will look to keep their form against the defending A-League Champions going. Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Thomas SORENSEN (GK), 2.Alex WILKINSON, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 8.Aaron MOOY, 9.Harry NOVILLO, 11.Michael ZULLO, 16.Jason TRIFIRO, 17.Wade DEKKER, 18.Paulo RETRE, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (GK), 22.Jack CLISBY, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI, 24.Patrick KISNORBO (c), 27.Nick FITZGERALD, 29.Anthony CACERES, 33.Osama MALIK, 39.Ali EYIGUN Ins: 2.Alex WILKINSON (transfer – Jeonbuk Motors), 29.Anthony CACERES (returns from suspension), 39.Ali EYIGUN (promoted) Outs: 25.Jacob MELLING (suspension – 1 match) Unavailable: 3.Aaron HUGHES (calf – 1-2 weeks), 4.Connor CHAPMAN (knee – 3-4 weeks), 7.Corey GAMEIRO (knee – season) Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 2.Jason GERIA, 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Leigh BROXHAM (c), 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Connor PAIN, 13.Oliver BOZANIC, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 24.Thomas DENG **two to be omitted** Ins: 10.Archie THOMPSON (returns from injury), 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH (returns from suspension), 16.Rashid MAHAZI (returns from suspension), 24.Thomas DENG (promoted) Outs: 19.George HOWARD (omitted), 23.Jai INGHAM (omitted) Unavailable: 21.Carl VALERI (ill – indefinite) Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 a.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. AEDT. The Live Blog is scheduled for 10 p.m. PT (Friday)/1 a.m. ET and will include bonus coverage of Sydney FC vs. Perth Glory. Keep it right here on The Stoppage Time for more A-League news and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.