Liverpool will travel to the Britannia stadium to face the ever resilient Stoke City side, Mark Hughes have something to cheer due to the injury worries in the Reds squad.
The likes of Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane (who is out of the season) will not be part of this tie, Brazilian attacker Philippe Coutinho also remains a doubt for this one but it is expected that he is fit in time to play on Saturday, despite missing training on Friday.
WHAT THE MANAGERS ARE SAYING
Ahead of the clash, Jurgen Klopp has urged his boys to shrug over the injury worries and play fearlessly against the Potteries, he said: “We have to be a real challenge for them. That is what we have to be. We can be this.
“That is how most of the teams are playing against us — to defend as good as possible and then use the situations to create with this. That is how we will play, 100 percent.
“You can win football games with each line-up. That is the nice thing about this game.”
Meanwhile, Stoke City boss Mark Hughes has insisted his side can turn the tables around against Liverpool, he told reporters: “With the quality of opposition we have been up against in the last couple of weeks, you can argue this run of fixtures has been the most difficult we’ve had this season
“And that continues, obviously, with this game against Liverpool.
PROBABLE LINEUPS
In a 4-3-3 formation- Liverpool: Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Lucas Leiva, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi and Philippe Coutinho.
In a 4-5-1 formation- Stoke City: Lee Grant, Erik Pieters, Bruno Martins Indi, Ryan Shawcross, Glen Johnson, Charlie Adam, Geoff Cameron, Ramadan Sobhi, Joe Allen, Marko Arnautovic and Saido Berahino.
