Probable Lineups...

Liverpool (4-3-3): Mignolet, Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren, Johnson, Henderson, Gerrard, Allen, Coutinho, Lambert, Sterling

Brendan Rodgers still needs to deal with a host of injury concerns in defence with Mamadou Sakho, Jose Enrique, and Jon Flanagan still unavailable to help their side this weekend. However, Liverpool will be boosted by the return of Jordan Henderson who missed out in last week's 3-1 loss at the hands of Crystal Palace. Rodgers will continue to be without the services of star striker Daniel Sturridge after a thigh injury has kept him out the last nine fixtures, denting a huge hole in the Red's title charge. Mario Balotelli could also be sidelined for the clash as he is still suffering from a groin problem, but could be brought on from the bench depending on the situation. With a lack of strikers, Rickie Lambert is likely to start after netting two goals in his last two games for the club.

Stoke City (4-2-3-1): Begovic, Bardsley, Shawcross, Muniesa, Pieters, N'Zonzi, Sidwell, Walters, Bojan, Adam, Mame Biram Diouf

Stoke City will be hoping to bounce back from their 2-1 loss against Burnley and could very well pick up three points against a Liverpool side who are still struggling to find form. In defence, Marc Wilson, who is suffering from an hamstring injury will not feature while recovering left back Erik Pieters who is not fully fit is tipped to start at the weekend. Mark Hughes have suffered a huge injury blow with Victor Mosses unable to feature until the end of January next year. Midfielder Glenn Whelan is also unavailable to feature after picking up a leg injury but could return sometime at the beginning of December. Stoke are currently 11th place, a point ahead of the Reds, so a victory could see them extend the gap between them and 12th place.

What the fans are saying...

Remember this?

//www.youtube.com/embed/LuOtlBNKjOU

At the beginning of last season, Liverpool proved victorious over Stoke City with a 1-0 win at Anfield courtesy of a Daniel Sturridge goal. Simon Mignolet will be hoping he can call upon his form from this match as he saved a crucial penalty in the dying minutes to earn his side three points.