Striker returns from Dover loan spell to make debut
Hartlepool: Flinders, Duckworth, Austin, Jones, Miller, Woods, Bates, Hawkins, Wyke, Brobbel. Subs: Woodman, Franks, Walker, Richards, Nearney, Smith, Green.
Town: Tyler; Harriman, Griffiths, McNulty, Wilkinson; Doyle, Smith, Drury; Ruddock Mpanzu, Miller, Cullen. Subs: Lacey, Benson, Wall, Guttridge, Stevenson, Walker, Justham.