Villa Park
Kick-off: Saturday, 15.00 (GMT)
TV: Highlights, BBC ONE Match of the Day
New signing Carles Gil goes straight into the Aston Villa squad for Saturday's Premier League clash at home to Liverpool.
Fabian Delph also returns to boost Villa after completing a three-match ban, but Ciaran Clark serves a one-game suspension following his dismissal in last Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Leicester.
Boss Paul Lambert remains without three injured players in Ron Vlaar (knee), Philippe Senderos (thigh) and Libor Kozak (leg).
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and fellow midfielder Adam Lallana have a chance of being fit.
Gerrard was withdrawn at half-time of Saturday's win at Sunderland with a tight hamstring while Lallana is ahead of schedule in his return from a thigh injury sustained on New Year's Day.
Forward Raheem Sterling is back in the squad after a being given a week off while youngster Jordon Ibe could join him having been recalled early from a loan spell at Derby.
Match notes
The Villa fans are ready to boycott the first eight minutes of their meeting with Liverpool. A protest? Maybe, but Liverpool’s players seemed to boycott the entire 90 minutes when the teams met at Anfield earlier in the season, so the standard has been set.
Liverpool have improved since then - closing the gap on the top four - and will hope the Holte End’s dissent will be even greater by full-time.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg: 12 Y52 R1
Betting: Home 10-3 Away 17-20 Draw 5-2
Stat: Christian Benteke has scored four goals in four Premier League appearances against Liverpool.
Chris Bascombe's prediction: 0-2
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