Jonjo Shelvey has been named in the Liverpool starting lineup just days after returning to the club from a loan spell with Blackpool.

Craig Bellamy has also been handed a start for today's trip to Aston Villa, while Luis Suarez will play as a lone striker.

For hosts Villa, Fabian Delph has returned after injury in the midfield and Nathan Delfouneso is given a start up front.

Villa: Guzan; Hutton, Dunne, Collins, Warnock; Albrighton, Delph, N'Zogbia, Petrov; Heskey, Delfouneso.

Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique; Downing, Adam, Henderson, Shelvey, Bellamy; Suarez.