HARTLEPOOL United reverted to a 4-5-1 set up for their trip to Walsall.
As expected, there was is place for the injured Antony Sweeney (shin) and James Brown (ankle), while Ryan Donaldson drops to the bench, where he is named alongside 18-year-old centre-half Paul Johnson.
Colin Larkin starts up front as a lone striker, with Joe Gamble joining Gary Liddle and Paul Murray in central midfield.
WALSALL: Walker; Westlake, Westlake, Smith, Richards, Nicholls, Gray, Gbarssin, Williams, Butler; Byfield, Macken. Subs: McDonald, Lancashire, Marshall, Taundry, Grigg, Ladesma, Bevan (gk)
HARTLEPOOL: Flinders; Haslam Collins Hartley Horwood; McSweeney Gamble Murray Liddle Monkhouse; Larkin. Subs: Humphreys, Boyd, Yantorno, Bjornsson, Johnson, Donaldson, Rafferty (gk)
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Preston)
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