First chance goes to... Sheffield United.

After two minutes of pressure, the Blades break and Oli McBurnie fires a shot into the hands of Adrian.

It's noisy. Really noisy.

We're into the expected pattern early. Liverpool with a lot of the ball, pressing on the edge of the home box. Sheffield United struggle to get the ball away for a bit, before hacking clear. But back it comes...

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Tom McCarron: This has the potential to be a huge banana skin for Liverpool in Yorkshire today.

Adam Oldroyd: How can Liverpool be such a good team with a midfield that's so lacking in creativity?

Still raining. A leveller? Probably asking a lot of the rain, that.

We've already had one sporting shock this morning, with Ireland getting done by Japan in the Rugby World Cup. Could we have another in Sheffield?

It's a big day for the Blades and a banana skin for the Reds. We're under way.

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

Even after losing to Sunderland on Wednesday, you could sense the excitement in Chris Wilder's words - "we've got the European champions coming here on Saturday lunchtime".

He's got good reason to be so enthused too, with his team faring well in the Premier League, and this game the first* at Bramall Lane to truly herald their remarkable rise since Wilder took charge in 2016.

The Blades do at least have history on their side, with no Liverpool win in any of their last SIX visits.

But, in the here and now, they'll need to be at their very VERY best and hope Jurgen Klopp's team have a rare off day. A really, really big one.

*No disrespect to the other visitors to Bramall Lane this season - Crystal Palace, Leicester and Southampton - but they have all played Championship games there since the Blades were last in the top flight.

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Not long now until we get some action at Bramall Lane. It's Sheffield United v Liverpool. Blades v Reds. The man recognised as the best manager around v Jurgen Klopp ;)

This is very purist, but I'm a big fan of Sheffield United's attempts to field a straight 1-11 shirt numbers. They've come so close, with just 8 and 10 absent from the starting XI.

Just a Luke Freeman and Billy Sharp short.

We're going to be on Poch watch later, with the Spurs boss facing a little bit of pressure as a result of his side's stuttering form. They got duped out of the Carabao Cup by Colchester midweek, so could really do with a result this afternoon.

They could also do with a trophy this season...

Tottenham striker Harry Kane tells Football Focus there can be "no more excuses" as the club continues its search for a first major bit of silverware under boss Mauricio Pochettino.

It's surely a lot drier in LA than it is in Sheffield, where (like pretty much the rest of the country) it has been pelting it down this morning.

Hasn't dampened the spirits of those attending, though. Lots of smiles outside the ground and in the stands. I've just seen a shot of one very happy kid with a hot dog bigger than his forearm. Good luck lad.

Good luck to you Blades (and Reds) in LA. Keep the coffee coming.

Bournemouth trio Simon Francis, Lloyd Kelly and Arnaut Danjuma all made their comebacks from injury in the EFL Cup in midweek and could feature.

David Brooks, Dan Gosling, Adam Smith, Junior Stanislas and Charlie Daniels are still unavailable.

West Ham are boosted by the return of Arthur Masuaku following suspension, while Manuel Lanzini is also available.

Ryan Fredericks is being assessed after suffering a knock last week but Michail Antonio and Winston Reid remain out.

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith made nine changes against Brighton in the Carabao Cup and will recall a number of key players.

Henri Lansbury, Jonathan Kodjia and James Chester are all ruled out but Matt Targett is available to make his league debut for the club.

Burnley could welcome back winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson, who has recovered from a calf problem.

Dwight McNeil should be fit despite suffering a dead leg against Norwich.

Wolves made 10 changes in the Carabao Cup in midweek and will recall most of the players rested against Reading.

Bruno Jordao and Meritan Shabani were injured on debut in that game and are missing, with Shabani out for at least six months after injuring his knee.

Romain Saiss returns after completing a one-game ban following his sending off at Crystal Palace last weekend.

Watford will monitor defender Craig Cathcart, who is back in training after several weeks out with a thigh problem.

Danny Welbeck is fit after scoring in midweek on his comeback from injury, though the Hornets are likely to be cautious with the injury-prone striker.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino remains without injured pair Giovani lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon.

Harry Kane, Hugo Lloris and Jan Vertonghen are likely to come back into the starting line-up after being rested against Colchester.

Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is a doubt after he picked up a slight muscle problem against Portsmouth in midweek.

Moussa Djenepo remains unavailable because of a leg injury.

Crystal Palace are assessing Mamadou Sakho's fitness after Roy Hodgson confirmed the defender has suffered an injury.

Forward Connor Wickham returned to first-team training this week but is unlikely to be involved.

Norwich's lengthy injury list now includes goalkeeper Tim Krul and captain Alex Tettey.

Defender Max Aarons has recovered from an ankle injury sooner than expected and could be involved.

Ralf Fahrmann is rated doubtful with Onel Hernandez, Timm Klose, Tom Trybull, Mario Vrancic and Christoph Zimmermann all still on the sidelines.

Now we know the teams for the early game, here's a little run through the early team news for the 3pm games. There's six of them today. Six!

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Pretty standard stuff from both teams. Tried and trusted. As Chris Wilder admitted this week, his defenders are going to have a big old task on their hands keeping that Reds front three quiet.

“It might turn into a back 10 or 11,” joked Wilder in his press conference. At least I think he was joking.