Newcastle.
Sami Hyypia is back after injury while Jan Kromkamp, Stephen Warnock, Peter Crouch and Djibril Cisse are recalled to the side.
Robbie Fowler, Luis Garcia and Djimi Traore are on the substitute's bench while Steve Finnan and Fernando Morientes are not involved in the sixteen.
The Liverpool side for today's game at St James' Park is:
Reina
Carragher
Hyypia
Agger
Warnock
Gerrard
Hamann
Kromkamp
Kewell
Cisse
Crouch
Subs:
Dudek
Garcia
Traore
Fowler
Alonso