Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is unavailable for tomorrow’s visit of Newcastle as he serves a one-match suspension.
That could give Andy Carroll the chance to make back-to-back league starts for the first time since the beginning of November.
Captain Steven Gerrard returned from a two-month absence with a substitute appearance on December 26, but is likely to start on the bench again.
Provisional squad: Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique, Kuyt, Adam, Henderson, Downing, Carroll, Bellamy, Doni, Kelly, Carragher, Coates, Shelvey, Gerrard, Spearing, Rodriguez.