Julio Cesar has returned to the Queens Park Rangers side for their Premier League clash with Liverpool at Loftus Road.

Nedum Onuoha is also handed a starting role in defence, with Jamie Mackie and Adel Taarabt taking up the advanced midfield positions.

Liverpool continue with Stewart Downing in attack, while Joe Allen returns to the midfield alongside Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson.

QPR: Cesar; Onuoha, Nelsen, Hill, Traore; Diakite, Mbia, Taarabt, Wright-Phillips; Mackie, Cisse

Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique; Gerrard, Henderson, Allen; Sterling, Suarez, Downing