Bolton will not be allowed to play new loan signing El-Hadji Diouf against his former club.
Manager Sam Allardyce has no fresh injury worries to contend with, with only Florent Laville out.
Liverpool will give Premiership debuts to Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso, while Josemi should return from injury.
Jamie Carragher is likely to move to centre-back in place of Stephane Henchoz, while goalkeeper Chris Kirkland (back) is unlikely to be fit.
Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Barness, Santos, Nolan, N'Gotty, Speed, Giannakopoulos, Bridges, Pedersen, Okocha, Gardner, Davies, Jaidi, Campo, Hierro, Hunt, Ferdinand, Haim Tal, Vaz Te, Poole.
Liverpool (from): Dudek, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Garcia, Alonso, Gerrard, Kewell, Cisse, Baros, Pongolle, Harrison, Kirkland, Hamann, Diao, Warnock, Biscan, Finnan.