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Liverpool will be without injured midfielders Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita during Cardiff's visit.
Henderson was replaced in last week's Huddersfield win because of a hamstring problem. The summer signing Keita remains for the same reason.
Their absence means that Fabinho will probably be the Reds midfielder.
Before the match, Jurgen Klopp sent an alarming message to the rest of the Premier League: "I've found my old Liverpool".
The director said last week he could offer no guarantee that last season's flowing and irresistible football would return in a short time, with his newly-created team finding a different, more resilient balance between defense and attack.
But the 4-0 strike of Red Star Belgrade midweek had all the hallmarks of a classic Klopp performance at Liverpool's time, with his three goals scored all the time and his team producing an impressive game.
This provided a stark contrast to the painstaking demonstration at Huddersfield last Saturday and, when asked if he felt that last season was back in Liverpool after a shaky campaign start, the manager responded with a satisfied smile: "Yes, it was really good, based on a very good organization.
"We scored three goals in back-pressure situations – all the good things we did – play behind, hit balls – that's the backlash that earned us goals.
"The first goal, it was probably the first counter-pressure situation of [Xherdan Shaqiri’s] life. We recovered the ball, we passed, beautiful goal. We filled the box which was also different from other games. Secondly, we recovered it, [Georginio Wijnaldum] Shaq sent him to Shaq, he put the ball in the mat, then "bam". The fourth was of course a counter-press situation with Gini in front of the defender and passing the ball into the box. "
Klopp thinks that the pressing energy and the ability to turn the ball over and hit his opponents with ruthless efficiency are the key to the best offensive form of his team.
And he will ask his team to repeat the improvements in Wednesday's Champions League against Cardiff today, as the Reds look to boost pressure on Manchester City to top the standings.
"In all our good games it was [pressing] like that. City last season, [Alex] The goal of Oxlade-Chamberlain, an incredible shot, but how we got the ball before it made all the difference, "said Klopp. It was a very good performance against Red Star. In the end, it was the perfect match. "
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