Essendon has named an unchanged line-up for its crunch clash with Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday.

Nik Cox, Andrew Phillips, Brayden Ham and last week's unused medical sub Martin Gleeson have been named as emergencies, with one to be listed as medical sub an hour before the 3:20pm AEST bounce.

The Bombers can guarantee their spot in the finals with a win over their arch-rivals, with all the action to be shown live on Channel Seven.

ESSENDON'S ROUND 23 LINE-UP:

Backs: Mason Redman, Jayden Laverde, Tom Cutler
Half-backs: Dyson Heppell (C), Jordan Ridley, Nick Hind
Centreline: Matt Guelfi, Zach Merrett, Sam Durham
Half-forwards: Will Snelling, Aaron Francis, Dylan Shiel
Forwards: Jake Stringer, Peter Wright, Devon Smith
Followers: Sam Draper, Darcy Parish, Dylan Clarke
Interchange: James Stewart, Andrew McGrath, Archie Perkins, Alec Waterman
Emergencies: Nik Cox, Martin Gleeson, Brayden Ham, Andrew Phillips

In: Nil

Out: Nil

Last week's sub: Gleeson (not used)