NEIL Austin makes an instant return to the Hartlepool United side for their game at Preston.
The right-back missed Saturday’s draw at Bournemouth through suspension, but replaces Jack Baldwin in the only change to Neale Cooper’s side.

 

PRESTON NORTH END: Simonsen; Laird, Cansdell-Sherriff, Amoo, Wroe, Byrom, Welsh, Beardsley, Hayhurst, Wright, Beavon. Subs: Stuckmann (gk), Robertson, Sodje, Buchanan, Monakana, Mousinho, King.
HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Collins, Hartley, Horwood; Franks, Murray, Sweeney, Walton, Monkhouse; Howard. Subs: Humphreys (gk), Poole, Baldwin, Holden, Lynch, McHugh (gk), James.


Referee: Tony Bates (Stoke)