Essendon has been forced to make two changes to its team from last week. Justin Murphy will watch from the stands after the AFL tribunal suspended him for one match last night and Jason Winderlich is sidelined with concussion. Mark Alvey is the third casualty after being omitted.

The missing trio makes way for David Hille who returns from a week on the sidelines with a calf injury. Brent Stanton and Ben Haynes are the other two players to come into the side.

Essendon team:
B: McVeigh, Fletcher, Wellman
HB: Welsh, Bolton, McPhee
C: Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, Solomon
HF: Hird, Lucas, Rioli
F: Haynes, Lloyd, Henneman
R: Allan, M.Johnson, Peverill
Inter: Hille, Stanton, Misiti, Lovett-Murray
Emer: Cupido, Alvey, Richards
IN - Hille, Stanton, Haynes
Out - Winderlich (concussion), Alvey (omitted), Murphy (Suspended)