MICHAEL Duckworth makes his Hartlepool United return this evening, as Pools take on Mansfield at Victoria Park.

With Simon Walton suspended for one game following his dismissal last Friday at Oxford, Duckworth starts in midfield, with Bradley Walker sitting deep in front of the back four.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED (4-4-2): Flinders; Richards, Collins, Burgess, Holden; Duckworth, Walker, Compton, Barmby; Harewood, James. Subs: Rafferty (gk), Franks, Poole, Sweeney, Rowbotham, Jones, Hawkins.
MANSFIELD TOWN: Marriott, Jennings, Howell, Murray, Dempster, Riley, Beevers, McGuiure, Rhead, Sutton, Palmer. Subs: Clucas, Clements, Westlake, Meikle, Daniel, Speight, Stevenson.
Referee: Gary Sutton (Lincoln)