MATTHEW BATES returns to the Hartlepool United side for their trip to Exeter.

Pools, bottom of League Two and under the command of caretaker boss Sam Collins, make one change from Tuesday’s JPT defeat to Sheffield United.

Bates starts in central midfield in place of Kieran Green.

EXETER CITY: Pym; Davies, Oakley, Woodman, Riberio, Riley-Lowe; Grimes, Butterfield, Keohane; Bennett, Cummins. Subs: Hamon (gk), Noble, Nichols, Wheeler, Tillson, Jay, Watkins.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Duckworth, Austin, Harrison, Jones; Miller, Bates; Brobbel, Woods, Hawkins; Wyke. Subs: Holden, Franks, Walker, Richards, Smith, Atkinson, Green.

Referee: Darren Sheldrake (Surrey)