Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no fresh injury concerns and could name an unchanged line-up in the Premier League for the first time since his second game in charge 13 months ago.
Adam Lallana is likely to remain out with a groin injury.
Sunderland's Paddy McNair will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament last week.
John O'Shea could deputise for the suspended Papy Djilobodji, while Steven Pienaar is available after a ban.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Guy Mowbray: "With Sunderland on the up, this isn't the foregone conclusion it might have been a few weeks ago, and Jurgen Klopp was right this week to point out that the Black Cats have been 'unlucky in a lot of moments'.