7:55pm: 4.00 - MV 0 WSW 0
First sustained attacks for the Wanderers...all on the left flank...Milligan headed the best cross off the penalty spot uncontested though.
Victory eventually wrestles possession back and passes it around the back four.
7:53pm: 1.30 - MV 0 WSW 0
Wanderers deal with the corner but the game is being played in Melbourne's half.
Pain cuts in from the right and takes a left-footed shot from the top of the area!
It didn't have the power or placement to trouble Covic who dives down to make a regulation save.
7:52pm: 0.20 - MV 0 WSW 0
Polenz fouls Troisi on the left and straight away Victory has a free kick in a threatening position.
Appiah puts it behind for a corner.
7:50pm: KICK-OFF MV 0 WSW 0
Victory starts the match attacking the Yarra End in the first half.
7:49pm: Victory is in its customary home kit of navy with a white V, navy shorts and navy shorts with white hoops.
Western Sydney is in its away kit, white with red hoops, white shorts and white socks.
7:47pm: Tonight's referee is Peter Green, with Luke Brennan and Brad Hobson his assistants.
7:46pm: Western Sydney's fans are packed in to the left corner at the Yarra End. That's the right of screen for those of you familiar with watching these games on TV. Victory has a hold on the rest of the stadium colour wise but as for the noise? It's up for grabs tonight.
7:43pm: Western Sydney Wanderers has been hit by injury and it means there will be no Tomi Juric or Shinji Ono. Add that Aaron Mooy and Shannon Cole are out and it's a depleted Wanderers team tonight.
Youssouf Hersi has been relegated to the bench, while Kwabena Appiah gets a rare start.
Sierra Leonian youngster Alusine Fofanah, who scored against Melbourne Heart in the NYL last weekend, has been promoted to the bench and could make his first A-League appearance tonight.
Jason Trifiro returns to Victoria, the state where he launched himself into A-League calculations. Trifiro won the Victorian Premier League gold medal (best and fairest) in 2011.
WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS
1. COVIC Ante (gk), 3. D'APUZZO Adam, 4. TOPOR-STANLEY Nikolai, 6. POLENZ Jerome, 7. HALITI Labinot, 8. POLJAK Mateo, 12. MINNIECON Tahj, 13. SPIRANOVIC Matthew, 14. APPIAH Kwabena, 18. LA ROCCA Iacopo, 23. TRIFIRO Jason.
Bench: 11. SANTALAB Brendan, 17. HERSI Youssouf, 20. TYSON Jerrad (gk), 22. HEFFERNAN Dean, 31. FOFANAH Alusine
7:39pm: Melbourne Victory has an unchanged team tonight which means still no sign of Archie Thompson, even on the bench.
MELBOURNE VICTORY
1. COE Nathan (gk), 2. CONTRERAS Pablo, 3. TRAORE Adama, 5. MILLIGAN Mark, 6. BROXHAM Leigh, 9. BARBAROUSES Kosta, 11. PAIN Connor, 14. TROISI James, 15. NICHOLS Mitch, 23. LEIJER Adrian, 25. GERIA Jason.
Bench: 7. FINKLER Guilherme, 13. NABBOUT Andrew, 17. JEGGO James, 20. THOMAS Lawrence (gk), 24. GALLOWAY Scott.
7:37pm: Welcome to tonight's live blog of A-League Round 12, Melbourne Victory vs Western Sydney Wanderers from AAMI Park. This one will be as intersting off-field as on as the Victory fans sing against the Red and Black Block for control of the terraces. Stay with our live coverage as we count down to kick-off at 7.45pm.
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