I really hope we get a home playoff but we’ll need to win at least one of the games against Melbourne which will be tricky
But yeah as mentioned elsewhere is a good chance Melb City will rest players against the Nix in the last game
Playing 6 Asian CL games in 2 weeks (all in steamy Thailand), then a game in Perth, then Nix in Melbs 4 days later. It's a pretty horrendous schedule they have.
https://us.soccerway.com/teams/australia/melbourne-heart-fc/15320/
Only 2 teams that can stop them winning the Championship, are both Victorian as well (Western U & Victory).
So even if Melb City finish 2nd, and they make the final, the final will be held Melbourne whether they are first or 2nd on the league table. Think I have that right.
So even if they risk finishing 2nd by resting players against the Nix, they may still do it.