Carlton has made four changes for Friday night's clash with Geelong at Etihad Stadium.

Defender Kade Simpson and Rising Star nominee Patrick Cripps return from calf injuries, while Liam Jones and Dylan Buckley have earned a call up after solid showings in the VFL.

David Ellard, Matthew Watson, Kristian Jaksch and Matthew Dick have been omitted.

Ellard, Nick Graham and Rob Warnock have been named as the emergencies.

The match kicks off at at Etihad Stadium at 7.50pm AEST on Friday.

Carlton's team to take on Geelong:

Backs7. Dylan Buckley17. Sam Rowe43. Simon White
Half-backs42. Zach Tuohy13. Chris Yarran35. Ed Curnow
Centreline39. Dale Thomas5. Chris Judd6. Kade Simpson
Half-forwards27. Dennis Armfield4. Bryce Gibbs22. Jason Tutt
Forwards2. Troy Menzel14. Liam Jones9. Patrick Cripps
Followers36. Cameron Wood44. Andrew Carrazzo3. Marc Murphy
Interchange28. Tom Bell15. Sam Docherty41. Levi Casboult
 33. Andrejs Everitt  
Emergencies46. David Ellard32. Nick Graham11. Rob Warnock

In: Simpson, Jones, Buckley, Cripps

Out: Ellard, Watson, Jaksch, Dick (all omitted)