Will Newcastle United and Burton Albion midfielder stars return to Hartlepool United's starting XI for the trip to Northampton Town as Graeme Lee makes two changes in our predicted line-up

Pools head to Sixfields on the back of a significant win over Newport County last week to face another side competing for automatic promotion from League Two.

The Cobblers have enjoyed a strong season so far but have hit a sticky patch of form with just two wins from seven ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Pools.

Graeme Lee will be pleased to have been able to spend a full week with his players on the training ground after another busy month of fixtures for Pools and faces a decision to make over both his team selection and his system.

Lee changed formation in South Wales to excellent effect as Pools ran out 3-2 winners at Rodney Parade.

And here we predict how Pools will line-up against Northampton and whether the likes of Bryn Morris, Joe White and Mark Shelton will return to action.

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