The game will be an important hit out for the Bombers who need to find some form with only a couple of weeks remaining before the real stuff starts.
Mark Johnson has come up short for the game and will be joined on the sidelines by Dean Solomon, David Hille and Jason Laycock.
Four players will be cut from the squad tomorrow.
Bendigo Practice Match v Geelong, 7pm Friday
Essendon Squad
31. Dustin Fletcher
36. Ty Zantuck
10. Mark McVeigh
33. Adam McPhee
42. Nathan Lovett-Murray
12. Andrew Welsh
23. Mark Bolton
14. Jason Johnson
9. Adam Ramanauskas
8. Jason Winderlich
3. Aaron Henneman
24. Brent Stanton
25. Scott Lucas
18. Matthew Lloyd
5. James Hird
16. Kepler Bradley
11. Damien Peverill
28. Justin Murphy
43. Dean Rioli
29. Joel Reynolds
17. Paul Thomas
6. Angus Monfries
41. Andrew Lovett
22. Tristan Cartledge
20. Ted Richards
15. Mark Alvey
13. Damian Cupido
4. Jobe Watson
