Essendon takes on Sydney tonight in its second NAB Challenge match of the pre-season.
 
The game commences at 7pm at Blacktown and essendonfc.com.au will be there live scoring the game to keep Bomber fans in the know.
 
Michael Still, Christian Bock and John Williams have been left out of the initial squad of 28.
 
Essendon will be without a number of senior players tonight including Paddy Ryder, David Hille, Brent Stanton, Jason Winderlich, Jobe Watson, Dustin Fletcher and young defenders Tayte Pears and Cale Hooker.
 
Four Bombers will make their club debut including Anthony Long