Rafael Benitez is expected to name an unchanged starting 11 from the side that beat Everton on Boxing Day.
Team (from): Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Warnock, Riise, Luis Garcia, Kewell, Alonso, Hamann, Sissoko, Gerrard, Crouch, Cisse, Sinama-Pongolle, Traore, Carson, Dudek.