Hartlepool United team news: New boy bench as full-back misses out
Lining up in a 3-4-2-1, Niko Muir leads the line with Luke James and Josh Hawkes playing off him in a potent looking starting frontline.
Ryan Donaldson starts as a right wing-back with Mark Kitching coming in on the left. Scott Loach returns to the starting XI with Carl Magnay skippering the side.
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Hide AdMeanwhile, the impressive Peter Kioso misses out with an injury.
Pools XI: Loach, Magnay, Davies, Anderson, Donaldson, Featherstone, Noble, Kitching, Hawkes, James, Muir.
Subs: Catterick, Woods, Hawkins, Newton, Dinanga, Richardson, Cassidy, Laing.