Liverpool travel to Goodison Park for Sunday's Merseyside derby clash with Everton.
The match on Sunday is sure to be fiercely contested and passions will be running high as both teams will look to kick-start their season with a positive result.
The Mersey giants, for so long dominant forces in English football, have had torrid seasons and between them have lost eleven league matches, an unprecedented number in recent years.
Everton can point to a huge number of injuries to key players for a run of one win in ten league and cup matches.
Liverpool lost only twice in the league all last season without winning the Premier League but this year they have already lost five.
The problems at Liverpool this season have been well documented and following their early exit from the Champions League, Liverpool fans will be desperate to see their team climb up the Premier League table.
Injuries to Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres this season have shown up how heavily the Reds rely on those two and some of the backup players just haven’t been up to the standard required.
However, Manager Rafa Benitez has been given assurances over his future at the club, and a positive result against Everton would help to get some of the fans off his back in the short-term at least.
Fernando Torres will have a test on Saturday to see whether he is fit enough to be considered for a place in Liverpool's squad against Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Torres has been having treatment on his serious groin injury, and has done light training this week under the control of Liverpool's fitness coaches.
Winger Ryan Babel is still out with an ankle injury, but Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani is likely to be on the substitutes' bench. Glen Johnson, Albert Riera and Yossi Benayoun, who have all struggled with injuries over the past week, should be in the squad.
It has not been a good week for Everton Football Club. Not only did a defeat at Hull City on Wednesday night make it just one win from 10 matches, the club also had their ambitious plans for a £400m development, including a new stadium, kicked out by the government.
Manager David Moyes accepts that the club is currently going through an extremely rough patch and that his side are under-prepared for a visit of local rivals Liverpool - and he is also realistic enough to accept that Everton need to start turning their season around quickly or they will be pulled into an ugly relegation battle.
Everton midfielders Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and Marouane Fellaini both return from suspension.
However, there are slight doubts over midfielder Jack Rodwell (groin) and striker Louis Saha, who also picked up a knock in Wednesday's defeat at Hull.
Steven Pienaar made a welcome return in that match after a two-month absence with a knee injury and is likely to start again against Liverpool.
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