Story of the day: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Hartlepool United – lack of goals a growing concern for Pools
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Zaine Francis-Angol cleared the ball off the line early on at Boundary Park and Mark Shelton hit the post for Pools but that was as close of both sides came during a match of low quality in Greater Manchester.
The result sees Pools drop to sixth.
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FULL-TIME: Oldham Athletic 0 Hartlepool United 0
Key Events
- Pools XI: Killip; Ferguson (Ogle 73), Francis-Angol, Liddle, Byrne, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Molyneux; Olomola (Cook 57), Fondop
- Pools subs: Mitchell, Odusina, Smith, Daly, Goodwin
- Pools bookings: Ferguson (42), Liddle (73)
- Oldham XI: Leutwiler; Clarke, Piergianni, Whelan (Bowden 71), Hope, Keillor-Dunn (Vaughan 71), Jameson, Diarra, Bahamboula, Bettache (Dearnley 84), Sheehan
- Oldham subs: Danielewicz, Fage, Da Silva, Couto
- Oldham bookings: Jameson (80), Piergianni (87)
- Referee: Charles Breakspear
- Attendance: 3,934 (946 Pools)
The Pools team is in!
Pools team to face Oldham: Killip; Ferguson, Francis-Angol, Liddle, Byrne, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Molyneux; Olomola, Fondop
Subs: Mitchell, Odusina, Ogle, Smith, Daly, Goodwin, Cook
Team news in an hour - how will Pools line-up?
Will new signings Jordan Cook or Mike Fondop feature? Click here to reveal our predicted line-up.
Pools midfielder Mark Shelton hopeful of starting today
Speaking about his knock that kept him out on Tuesday, Shelton said: “It was just from the game on Saturday where I took a whack on the calf and it has blown up on the Sunday a bit bruised and swollen.
“It was probably best for me to miss Tuesday just as a risk element. I’ve trained Thursday and Friday and hopefully it settles down just right for the weekend.”
