Michael Owen will return to the Liverpool starting line-up for tomorrow’s Anfield clash with Aston Villa.
Owen returned as a substitute in the midweek Worthington Cup defeat at Sheffield United after two games out with a hamstring injury and should replace youngster Neil Mellor.
Emile Heskey is expected to recover from an ankle injury and goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has shown no ill effects from the late challenge on him by Michael Brown.
But manager Gerard Houllier is still without shin injury-victim Dietmar Hamann as his side seek to end a sequence of 10 Premiership games without a win.
Provisional squad: Kirkland, Carragher, Henchoz, Hyypia, Riise, Traore, Murphy, Gerrard, Diao, Smicer, Cheyrou, Diouf, Heskey, Owen, Mellor, Baros, Dudek, Arphexad, Biscan.