Melbourne City will be out to stretch their winning run to five matches when Perth Glory come to town to open Round 6 of the Westfield W-League 2019/20 Season on Thursday night.
City have enjoyed a stunning start to the campaign to sit out on top of the ladder and will start warm favourites against the winless Glory at ABD Stadium.
Bobby Despotovski’s Perth did pick up their first point of the campaign in their draw with Canberra United last weekend but will need to produce a 90-minute performance to upset the league leaders.
Read on for all the team news.
PREVIEW: Melbourne City v Perth Glory
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Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Lydia WILLIAMS (gk), 2.Yukari KINGA, 3.Lauren BARNES, 4.Chelsea BLISSETT, 6.Aivi LUIK, 7.Steph CATLEY (c), 8.Nia STAMATOPOULOS, 9.Claire EMSLIE, 10.Emily VAN EGMOND, 11.Rhali DOBSON, 13.Rebekah STOTT, 15.Emma CHECKER, 17.Kyah SIMON, 19.Tyla-Jay VLAJNIC, 20.Milica MIJATOVIC, 21.Ellie CARPENTER, 23.Melissa HUDSON **two to be omitted**
Ins: 8.Nia STAMATOPOULOS (promoted), 19.Tyla-Jay VLAJNIC (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
Perth Glory squad: 1.Eliza CAMPBELL (gk), 2.Sarah CARROLL, 3.Kim CARROLL, 4.Ayesha NORRIE, 5.Shannon MAY, 6.Arianna ROMERO, 7.CELIA, 8.Morgan ANDREWS, 9.Crystal THOMAS, 10.Julia SARDO, 11.Leticia MCKENNA, 12.Jenna ONIONS, 14.Caitlin DOEGLAS, 19.Hana LOWRY, 21.Morgan AQUINO (gk), 24.Natasha RIGBY (c), 28.Katarina JUKIC **two to be omitted**
Ins: 10.Julia SARDO (returns from injury), 12.Jenna ONIONS (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
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Thursday, 19 December 2019
ABD Stadium, Broadmeadow
Kick-Off: 7:30pm (Local)( 7:30pm (AEDT))
Referee: Kelly Jones
Assistant Referee 1: Janelle Sammut
Assistant Referee 2: Jasmine Steger
Fourth Official: Danielle Anderson
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7:15pm (AEDT), Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
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