Brendan Rodgers has made a single change to his Liverpool line-up for tonight's Champions League meeting with Ludogorets Razgrad – Raheem Sterling replaces the suspended Lazar Markovic.

The 19-year-old was on the substitutes' bench for Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Aston Villa but returns for the Reds' opening Group B fixture, with his Serbian teammate ruled out.

The starting XI is otherwise unchanged for the clash with the Bulgarian champions, the club's first fixture in this competition since December 2009.

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana, Balotelli.

Substitutes: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Lucas, Suso, Borini, Lambert.