Striker Dean Ashton (back) and winger Matthew Etherington (knee) have been passed fit and return to the West Ham squad but winger Julian Faubert (calf) is doubtful.

Craig Bellamy (stomach), Bobby Zamora (knee), Nolberto Solano (hamstring) and Danny Gabbidon (groin) have resumed training but are unlikely to feature and James Collins (knee) appears to be out for the rest of the season, with Scott Parker (knee), Kieron Dyer (leg), Nigel Quashie (foot) and Calum Davenport (neck) also unavailable.

John Pantsil and Henri Camara are absent on international duty.

Liverpool will have all their star players back for Wednesday night's Barclays Premier League game at West Ham.

Skipper Steven Gerrard, Jose Reina, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso were all out of the starting line-up for Saturday's FA Cup win over Havant & Waterlooville. Reina and Alonso were not even in the squad.

But with Andriy Voronin and Daniel Agger the only long-term absentees, boss Rafael Benitez will field a far stronger side than he did against the minnows from the Blue Square Southern Conference.