Mohammed Sissoko has been ruled out of Saturday's game with a thigh strain, so Dietmar Hamann is expected to take his place on the bench.
Fernando Morientes is still out with a hamstring injury, so Rafael Benitez is expected to start the game with Djibril Cisse and Peter Crouch leading the attack and hopefully adding to Liverpool's solitary Premiership goal so far this season.
Team (from): Reina, Finnan, Hyppia, Carragher, Warnock, Sinama-Pongole, Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Luis Garcia, Hamann, Zenden, Crouch, Carson, Josemi, Morientes, Cisse, Traore.
