Luke Shaw and Jadon Sancho are expected to return for Manchester United against Liverpool on Sunday.
Shaw missed the FA Cup fifth round win over West Ham on Wednesday night with an unspecified injury but manager Erik ten Hag suggested he will be fit to play at Anfield.
Sancho was also absent against West Ham through illness but could be back in the squad this weekend.
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“I think we'll have players back," Ten Hag said. "I'm not sure if you've seen but yesterday Luke Shaw was not available. We expect him back.
“Sancho was ill. We'll have to wait for how that develops but yeah, I think [he will be back] as well."
Liverpool were the first of the 'big six' teams in the Premier League United beat this season and they have also defeated Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City at Old Trafford but are yet to win away from home against the league's elite.
United were whipped 6-3 at City, drew 1-1 creditably at Chelsea and lost 3-2 at Arsenal through an 89th-minute Eddie Nketiah winner. United travel to Tottenham next month.
“Yes but I think, away from home, we've had some really good performances," Ten Hag added. "For me, it's no different – the pitch is the same size everywhere, there are three referees, there's a fourth [official], the ball is round, there is air in the ball, huh?
"So we have to play and to make it our game, and of course we know the ambience will not be supporting us and you have to deal with that. But, as I said, our players, they like it. They like to play in such atmospheres."
Ten Hag managed Ajax at Liverpool during the 2020-21 Champions League group stage when supporters were forbidden from attending due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
United have not won at Anfield since January 2016 and have endured a seven-game winless run at their greatest rivals.
“I have been to Anfield, yeah," Ten Hag confirmed. "I'm looking forward to it, the ambience, the atmosphere. It will be great. It will be hostile against us, but we like that.
“It is, of course, a test, but we're facing Liverpool, we're really looking forward to it and I know these players, my squad, my team, will be prepared to go there and fight and to go there with confidence.
"We know it's going to be difficult, we know we will have to suffer and we will have to sacrifice to get a good result.”
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