Melbourne Victory's Mark Milligan cleared to play in Christmas derby
Melbourne Victory team manager Paul Trimboli talks about the 2018 AFC Champions League draw. At one end of the pitch in Saturday's Melbourne derby, the cast of A-League characters seems settled.
Re-signed Victory striker Besart Berisha will come up against City centre-backs Bart Schenkeveld and Iacopo La Rocca, with Michael Jakobsen marshalling the menacing attacker James Troisi.
At the other, it's anyone's guess.
Melbourne City have any number of options as to who will fill the vacant striker role, left open by Ross McCormack's knee complaint.
A stunning recovery from McCormack is one possibility...