Lucas To Start With Poulsen

Lucas Leiva and Christian Poulsen have been named in the starting eleven for tonight 's clash against FC Utrecht, we can confirm. Pepe Reina will once again be in goal, with Brad Jones, his understudy, on the bench. Glen Johnson, Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel and Martin Kelly will form the back-four in the absence of Daniel Agger and Paul Konchesky. Lucas Leiva returns to the side along-side Christian Poulsen, with Steven Gerrard remaining on Merseyside. Dirk Kuyt and Milan Jovanovic will provide the width for the Reds with Joe Cole playing just behind Fernando Torres, who starts alone upfront. Brad Jones, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Maxi Rodriguez, Raul Meireles, David Ngog, Ryan Babel and Jonjo Shelvey are likely to be on the bench – which has not yet been confirmed. Kick-off is at 6pm, and the match will be live in the UK on ITV4, with stream links also available on the LFC Globe website. The line-up may change due to any late decisions or injuries suffered by players in the warm- up. Starting: Reina; Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Kelly; Poulsen, Lucas; Kuyt, Cole, Jovanovic; Torres. Subs: Jones, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez, Meireles, Ngog, Babel, Shelvey (not yet confirmed).