Aston Villa v Liverpool (14:00 GMT)

Christian Benteke will begin his return to Villa Park from the safety of the bench – but Daniel Sturridge starts, as does Philippe Coutinho, who came through the Cup defeat to West Ham unscathed. They replace Joe Allen and Adam Lallana in the team that drew with Sunderland, with Kolo Touré in for the injured Dejan Lovren. Villa are unchanged from the 2-0 win over Norwich.

Aston Villa: Bunn, Richards, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho, Bacuna, Gana, Westwood, Gil, Veretout, Agbonlahor.

Subs: Guzan, Clark, Sinclair, Richardson, Hutton, Lyden, Davis.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Henderson,
Can, Milner, Firmino, Sturridge, Coutinho.

Subs: Benteke, Caulker, Origi, Ibe, Stewart, Flanagan, Ward.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)