Ben Clark starts the game tonight alongside Sam Collins, with Gary Liddle missing out with a groin injury picked up in Saturday's match at Yeovil Town.

James Brown makes his first start for the team since returning from a knee injury, with Ritchie Humphreys also recalled to the eleven.

Both Adam Boyd and Ritchie Jones drop to the bench as Chris Turner looks for his team to put a stop to the long run of defeats away from home.

Michael Mackay is also named amongst the subs after an impressive game for the Reserves in midweek.

Former Pools man Ian Thomas-Moore misses out on the game this evening after jarring his knee in training this week.

Pools: Flinders, Austin, Clark, Collins, Hartley, Brown, Gamble, Sweeney, Humphreys, Monkhouse, O'Donovan
Subs: Cook, Haslam, McSweeney, Jones, Bjornsson, Boyd, Mackay

Tranmere Rovers: Daniels, Logan, Cresswell, Goodison, McLaren, Savage, Welsh, Taylor, Gornell, McCready, Curran
Subs: Edds, Broomes, Mahon, Collister, Shuker, Sordell, O'Neill