Doing the double over Bolton was one of the few highlights of Roy Hodgson's brief, tortuous time at Anfield, although successive Liverpool managers have rarely been troubled by the Trotters. Bolton have lost their last nine matches to Liverpool and you would have to go back to 1954 to find their last league victory at Anfield. Both sides are suffering the after-effects of midweek Carling Cup wins. Kenny Dalglish will be without Raul Meireles, who suffered a collarbone injury at Exeter, while Owen Coyle saw Marcos Alonso join Bolton's growing casualty list with a fractured metatarsal. Tim Rich

Venue Anfield, Saturday 5.30pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Liverpool 2 Bolton 1

Referee Lee Probert

This season's matches 1 Y3, R0, 3.00 cards per game

Odds Liverpool 4-9 Bolton 7-1 Draw 19-5

Liverpool v Bolton Wanderers: Probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Graphic

Liverpool

Subs from Doni, Johnson, Skrtel, Cole, Rodríguez, Kuyt, Spearing, Wilson, Ngog, Poulsen, Shelvey, Flanagan, Robinson

Doubtful Johnson (hamstring)

Injured Aurélio (achilles, 10 Sep), Gerrard (groin, 10 Sep), Meireles (collarbone, 29 Sep)

Suspended None

Form guide WD

Disciplinary record Y6 R0

Leading scorer Suárez 2

Bolton

Subs from Bogdan, Lainton, Gardner, Blake, M Davies, Pratley, O'Halloran, Blakeman, Connolly, Eaves, Tuncay

Doubtful Gardner (groin)

Injured Holden (knee, 10 Sep), Ricketts (calf, 10 Sep), Steinsson (foot, 10 Sep), Alonso (broken foot, Oct), Lee (broken leg, Apr), Mears (broken leg, Apr), Davis (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide LW

Disciplinary record Y4 R0

Leading scorer Klasnic 2

Match pointers

• Liverpool have won 11 of their last 12 league meetings with Bolton at Anfield

• Bolton's win over QPR on the opening day saw them end a run of one point from a possible 36 away from home – they also kept their clean sheet on the road in 26 games

• Dirk Kuyt needs to score once more to reach 50 goals in his Premier League career

• Bolton have not had a score draw for 12 games, the longest current run in the division

• Liverpool have made more tackles (49) than any other side in the top flight so far this season