Josh Daicos and Levi Greenwood will play their first AFL games of the season after being included in Collingwood team for the big Friday night clash with the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.

Key position player Ben Reid is also back for his first game since round six.

Alex Fasolo (ankle), Daniel Wells (rested) and Sam Murray (omitted) go out of the team that defeated St Kilda last weekend.

Greenwood battled a knee problem over the summer, which restricted his pre-season training loads.

But he now gets a call-up after playing three games in the VFL over the past month.

He has been touted as a chance to line up on in-form Dogs midfielder Jack Macrae.

Daicos made his AFL debut in round 22 last season, then stayed in the team for the round 23 win over Melbourne.

He now gets his chance to play his third game at the highest level after impressing in the VFL in recent weeks. 

Josh Daicos gets a kick away during Collingwood's JLT Community Series match against GWS in March (AFL Photos)

PIES LOOK TO TURN THE TABLES
Collingwood has lost its past five matches against the Bulldogs by an average of 13 points. In their most recent clash in round one last year, Collingwood had 39 more disposals, took more marks, doubled the Dogs in hit-outs, had one more scoring shot and 17 more inside 50s, but trailed at every change as the Dogs posted a 14-point win.

BIG NUMBERS
It will be a contest between the AFL’s two highest disposal teams. Collingwood is ranked first with 411.3 a game (the only side to average more than 400) and the Bulldogs are second with 391.8. 

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Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
AFL Round 10
Friday, May 25, 2018
Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm

Collingwood
B: Flynn Appleby, Lynden Dunn, Jack Crisp
HB: Travis Varcoe, Matthew Scharenberg, Jeremy Howe
C: Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips
HF: Jordan De Goey, Ben Reid, Will Hoskin-Elliott 
F: Josh Thomas, Mason Cox, Jaidyn Stephenson
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar
Int: Josh Daicos, Chris Mayne, Levi Greenwood, Tom Langdon
Emg: Brody Mihocek, Sam Murray, Brayden Sier, Ben Crocker

IN: Josh Daicos, Levi Greenwood, Ben Reid
OUT: Alex Fasolo (ankle), Daniel Wells (rested), Sam Murray (omitted)