Jeremy Howe looks set to return to Collingwood’s line-up for Monday’s huge Big Freeze game against Melbourne at the MCG.

Howe has been named on the Pies’ extended bench for the clash with his former club but will need to prove his fitness when the team trains at the Holden Centre on Saturday.

He missed last weekend’s win over Fremantle due to bone bruising in his knee.

Ben Crocker, Sam Murray and Rupert Wills have also been included in Collingwood’s 26-man squad.

All three have been named on the extended bench. 

There are no omissions from last weekend's side at this stage.

The final team for Monday’s game will be named at 5pm on Saturday.

Jeremy Howe hauls in a screamer against Melbourne in round 23 last season (AFL Photos)

WINNING STREAKS
Melbourne will be aiming for seven consecutive wins for the first time since the end of 2000 when it won seven in a row, including a preliminary final. Collingwood will be looking for four straight wins for the first time since midway through 2015. Melbourne has won four of the past five clashes between the sides ending Collingwood’s run of five consecutive wins in 2011-15.

MEMORIES OF 2017
Who could forget the Pies' dramatic upset win over the Demons in the final round of last season, which ended up costing Melbourne a place in the finals. Nathan Buckley's men set up that victory by kicking six goals to one in the first quarter. Will Hoskin-Elliott led the way, finishing the game with 12 marks and kicking two goals. Will that result give Collingwood the belief to do it again?

Melbourne v Collingwood
AFL Round 12
Monday, June 11, 2018
MCG, 3.20pm

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

IN: Ben Crocker, Jeremy Howe, Sam Murray, Rupert Wills