Heading into their away clash at Blackpool, the Iron made four changes from the side beaten by Swansea City last week.

Rob Jones, George Friend, Andrew Wright and Matt Sparrow came in for Niall Canavan, Marcus Williams (leg injury), Josh Wright (illness) and Gary Hooper (illness) as United go 4-5-1, with Paul Hayes leading the attack.

Joe Murphy started in goal, with the defence consisting of Cliff Byrne, David Mirfin, Jones and Friend.

The midfield featured Michael O'Connor, Sam Togwell, Wright, Sparrow and Grant McCann, while Paul Hayes led the attack.s

New loan signing Bondz N'Gala featured on the bench for the first ever time, with Sam Slocombe, Jordan Spence, Niall Canavan, Martyn Woolford, Garry Thompson and Jonathan Forte the other substitutes.

Blackpool: Gilks, Crainey, Southern, Evatt, Clarke, Burgess, Baptiste, Bouazza, Emmanuel-Thomas, Adam, Seip. Subs: Rachubka, Ormerod, Taylor-Fletcher, Martin, Euell, Bangara, Edwards.

Scunthorpe United: Murphy, Byrne, Mirfin, Jones, Friend, Sparrow, Togwell, A. Wright, O'Connor, McCann, Hayes. Subs: Slocombe, Spence, Canavan, N'Gala, Woolford, Thompson, Forte.

Referee: Colin Webster.