SCANS have today revealed Melbourne midfielder Christian Petracca has a minor, hairline fracture of his fibula.

General Manager Football Performance, Alan Richardson, said the injury is not expected to sideline Petracca.  

“The advice from our medical team is that a fracture of this nature will not rule Christian out of selection for our semi final.

“The fracture poses no further risk to Christian and will not impact his ability to play.

“What will pose more of a challenge for Christian is the corky he sustained to his calf in a collision that occurred in the first quarter and hampered his movement for the majority of the match against Sydney.

“Obviously Christian will need to tick some boxes throughout training this week but we are confident that he will be ready to go come Friday.”