Evertonvs.Liverpool

The 31-year-old was dropped to the bench for the weekend's 3-1 win over Fulham, where Diogo Jota was instead handed his first start for two months and repaid Jurgen Klopp's faith with a goal.

However, Klopp may feel that Jota is not quite ready for two starts in four days after his knee injury, so Salah ought to be a straight swap for the Portugal international in the final third.

Luis Diaz may be the only Reds attacker to reprise his role from the weekend, as chaos agent Darwin Nunez should thrive on derby day and will threaten Cody Gakpo's spot in the trifecta as well.

A similar story could unfold in midfield, where Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai should displace Harvey Elliott and Ryan Gravenberch, despite the latter's well-taken first Premier League goal at Craven Cottage.

Mac Allister could start in a more advanced role if Klopp keeps faith with Wataru Endo in the number six slot, but there should only be one alteration at the back, as Ibrahima Konate comes back in for Jarell Quansah.

Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson are defensive shoo-ins for Liverpool, who will be without Joel Matip, Ben Doak, Conor Bradley and Thiago Alcantara yet again.

Liverpool possible starting lineup:

Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Nunez, Diaz