Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has drafted defender Sebastian Coates into his side's starting lineup for their Premier League clash against Fulham this afternoon.

Andre Wisdom and Jonjo Shelvey have also been included in the team, but Martin Skrtel is out with an illness.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Lloyd Jones could make his debut for the Reds at Craven Cottage today as he has been named on the substitutes' bench for the first time.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Richardson, Duff, Enoh, Karagounis, Kacaniklic, Ruiz, Berbatov

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Downing, Wisdom, Coates, Carragher, Lucas, Henderson, Shelvey, Coutinho, Sturridge