Melbourne has not beaten St Kilda since the Elimination Final of 2006 although it came within 40 seconds or so of achieving that feat last year at Etihad Stadium.
The teams play against each other three times this year at that very venue starting with today's game, then followed by meetings in round 6 and round 17 which makes today's encounter something more than a contest for bragging rights.
Here's the squad for today's game but it's worth noting that Billy Stretch, Viv Michie, Jayden Hunt and Dean Terlich all had hit outs at Casey yesterday.
Melbourne squad
1. Jesse Hogan
2. Nathan Jones
3. Christian Salem
4. Jack Watts
7. Jack Viney
11. Max Gawn
12. Dom Tyson
13. Clayton Oliver
15. Billy Stretch
16. Dean Kent
17. Sam Frost
20. Colin Garland
21. Cameron Pedersen
22. Viv Michie
23. Bernie Vince
25. Tom McDonald
28. Oscar McDonald
29. Jayden Hunt
31. Jack Grimes
32. Tomas Bugg
35. Ben Kennedy
36. Jeff Garlett
39. Neville Jetta
42. Josh Wagner
43. James Harmes
45. Matt Jones
46. Dean Terlich
NAB Challenge 3