Western United will welcome Josh Risdon back into contention for the huge Isuzu UTE A-League Men meeting with Melbourne Victory on Boxing Day.
The No.19 has completed his suspension and returns to John Aloisi’s extended squad ahead of the Round 9 clash, with Sebastian Pasquali coming out.
That is the only change to the 20-man list as Aloisi begins to draw closer to having a full-strength squad to choose from.
Steven Lustica remains the only injury absentee as he continues to rehabilitate a hamstring strain that he suffered in Round 5 against Adelaide United, while Leo Lacroix will serve the final week of his two-game ban.
Neil Kilkenny will edge closer to 150 Isuzu UTE A-League appearances if he features. United’s No.88 currently sits on 146 matches in the competition.
Aleksandar Prijovic scored the winner last week and has netted twice in his three games this season, the Serbian hoping to start once again and repeat his semi-final heroics against Victory from last season.
Western United squad
Western United squad: 1. Jamie YOUNG (gk), 5. Dylan PIERIAS, 6. Tomoki IMAI, 7. Tongo DOUMBIA, 8. Lachlan WALES, 9. Dylan WENZEL-HALLS, 11. Connor PAIN, 14. James TROISI, 17. Ben GARUCCIO, 19. Josh RISDON, 23. Alessandro DIAMANTI (c), 26. Nicolas MILANOVIC, 27. Jacob TRATT, 33. Ben COLLINS, 37. Ryan SCOTT (gk), 38. Noah BOTIC, 42. Rhys BOZINOVSKI, 44. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 88. Neil KILKENNY, 99. Aleksandar PRIJOVIC
Ins: 9. Dylan WENZEL-HALLS, 19. Josh RISDON (returns from suspension)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 4. Leo LACROIX (suspended), 10. Steven LUSTICA (injured)
Match Details
Isuzu UTE A-League Men Round 9
Western United vs Melbourne Victory
Monday, 26 December
Kick-off: 6:00pm AEDT
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Broadcast: The match will be broadcast live on Paramount+
