Melbourne City FC will be looking to make it eight wins from nine games when it plays Sydney FC at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday evening.

Head Coach Patrick Kisnorbo has locked in his squad for Saturday’s fixture, with Nathaniel Atkinson the big omission after injuring his hamstring in Monday’s win against Wellington.

Defenders Kerrin Stokes and Alec Mills have both been promoted to the squad, while attacker Raphael Borges Rodrigues has also been included.

Melbourne City FC squad

1.Tom GLOVER (gk), 2.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Nuno REIS, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 10.Florin BERENGUER-BOHRER, 11.Craig NOONE, 14.Naoki TSUBAKI, 15.Andrew NABBOUT, 16.Taras GOMULKA, 17.Stefan COLAKOVSKI, 18.Connor METCALFE, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.Adrian LUNA, 22.Curtis GOOD, 23.Marco TILIO, 33.Matthew SUTTON (gk), 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES, 36.Kerrin STOKES, 43.Alec MILLS.

**2 to be omitted**

In: 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES (promoted), 36.Kerrin STOKES (promoted), 43.Alec MILLS (promoted).

Out: 13.Nathaniel ATKINSON (hamstring).

Unavailable: 3.Scott JAMIESON (calf), 8.Aiden O’NEILL (back), 13.Nathaniel ATKINSON (hamstring).