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MELBOURNE City is undefeated in seven games at home, winning five.
It has also won both games against Brisbane Roar this year, once each at home and away.
True, City will be without arguably its best player this year, Aaron Mooy, on Saturday night.
But its Brisbane opponents are harder hit by international withdrawals considering regular starters Matt McKay, Luke DeVere, Corey Brown and James Donachie will all be absent from the AAMI Park showdown.
Everything is stacked in City's favour for what winger Mate Dugandzic describes as "a mini-final", particularly given the Roar had to play last night and again on Wednesday — against Western Sydney — while City will have had an eight-day break following its vital win over Sydney FC.
City celebrate their home win over the Roar in round nine. Source: News Corp Australia
But Dugandzic said City has to be thoroughly professional as it chases what could be the most vital of three points in the two-horse race for sixth spot.
"Everything has fallen in our favour, the ball is in our court, so it just depends now on how we approach the game," he said.
"We can't be heading in to the game overconfident because Brisbane still has got a quality side and quite a bit of depth as well as we've seen in the (Asian) Champions League.
"But with potentially Josh (Kennedy) and Harry (Novillo) coming back in, it's going to be a massive game for us and one that we've got to head out with the intention of getting a great result in."
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City defeated Brisbane 3-1 at Suncorp Stadium in Round 5 and then 1-0 at AAMI Park in Round 9.
Dugandzic said the team would take great confidence out of those two results, as well as the 1-0 win at AAMI Park in Round 20 last year.
"We tend to play quite well against them here at AAMI Park, so that's a great thing to have, having beaten them twice already this year," he said.
"It's our little mini-final now. If we can win this, even though they've got their games in hand, it will create a bit of a buffer.
"Home ground advantage is a massive thing. The last few results have come our way and we've been playing some fantastic football at home."
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