Danny Wilson must decide whether to keep faith with the team that came back from three goals down against Swindon when Pools travel to Northampton Town on Friday.

The Pools boss could turn to Ben Clark to help solve recent problems at the back, after the defender shrugged off an ankle injury to take his place on the bench last week.

Loan signing Kevin Kyle is set for a second start in attack, supported by Friday night's hat-trick hero Joel Porter and James Brown.

Willie Boland remains sidelined with a knee ligament sprain, though he is making good progress and is expected back in training in around a fortnight.

Cobblers chief Stuart Gray will be without Colin Larkin for the game on Friday after the striker tweaked a hamstring during training last Thursday.

Fellow front man and top scorer Adebayo Akinfenwa is expected to shake off a shin injury in time to feature against Pools.

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