There had been reports that Sydney requested Melbourne provide them with a guard-of-honour after the club secured a second successive A-League Premiership, however Muscat flatly denied that such a ceremony would take place.

"There's nothing to fulfil ... there hasn't been a request," Muscat told AAP.

"We haven't heard anything about it ... and it's a little bit late in the piece now. We're preparing for a football game so it's irrelevant really."

While a win for Sydney would further push their recent dominance in the fixture, with Graham Arnold's side winning their last seven encounters, Victory could leapfrog Melbourne City into third spot with three points.

Although Arnold insists the fixture's difference in importance between the two clubs won't be changing Sydney's approach.

"I don't know anything about that. Last year Newcastle did it for us, we didn't ask for it, they did it," Arnold said.

"It's totally up to Melbourne and we're just preparing to walk down that tunnel and go across that white line on the pitch and we're expecting a really good game.

"Anything else around that doesn't matter ... it's totally up to them."

The Sky Blues face Victory tomorrow night at Allianz Stadium.