SKIPPER Sam Collins is suffering from a calf injury and misses Hartlepool United's home FA Cup game with Stevenage.

Nobby Solano and Gary Liddle are in the starting XI as Pools seek a much-needed home win after four successive losses at Victoria Park in League One.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Wright, Hartley, Humphreys; Solano, Sweeney, Liddle, Horwood; Monkhouse, Poole. Subs: Rafferty (gk), Boyd, Luscombe, Haslam, Baldwin, Richards, Mellish.

STEVENAGE: Day; Wilson, Laird, Ashton, Reid, Roberts, Beardsley, Mousinho, Bostiwkc, Henry, Shroot. Subs: Julian (gk), Edwards, Long, Byrom, Cowan, Harrison, Walker.

Referee: Mark Heywood (Leeds)