The Iron went into their home game with Hereford United making two changes from the side which drew at Carlisle United on Saturday.Teenage defender
Krystian Pearce returned to the side in place of veteran centre-back
Andy Crosby, while
Matt Sparrow replaced the injured
Sam Togwell - who was suffering from a lower abdominal injury - in central midfield.
Joe Murphy started the game in goal, with Cliff Byrne, David Mirfin, Pearce and
Joseph Mills forming the defence.
The midfield consisted of Henri Lansbury, Sparrow,
Grant McCann and
Kevan Hurst while
Paul Hayes partnered
Gary Hooper up front.
The substitutes were Josh Lillis, Martyn Woolford, Andrew Wright,
Liam Trotter and
Kayode Odejayi.
Team line-upsScunthorpe United: Murphy, Byrne, Mirfin, Pearce, Mills, Lansbury, Sparrow, McCann, Hurst, Hayes, Hooper.
Substitutes: Lillis, Woolford, Wright, Trotter, Odejayi.
Hereford United: Gulascit, Rose, Diagouraga, Brandy, Guinan, MacLeod, O'Leary, Jackson, Johnson, Beckwith, Dennehy.
Substitutes: Veiga, Gwynne, Broadhurst, Done, Hewson.
Referee: Graham Laws.