TEAM NEWS: Hartlepool United (H)

A medley of changes for the Iron this afternoon as first-team manager Andy Butler looks to get his side back to winning ways. With Ross Barrows elected to start in the centre of defence ahead of captain Will Evans, there would be debuts handed to a pair of new additions as midfielder Dan Batty and Forward James Norwood were unveiled to the Scunthorpe faithful. Elsewhere, midfielder Joe Rowley returned to the centre of the park, as well as the recently recovered wide man Pat Jones.

IRON: Campbell, Norwood, Rowley, P.Jones, Ashbee, Hurst, Starbuck, Butterfield, Denton, Barrows.

IRON SUBS: L. Jones, Evans, Brennan, Parker, Sellars-Fleming, Bailey, Ogle