Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Hartlepool United 0.
FleetwoodFleetwood Town2HartlepoolHartlepool United0
Alex Marrow scored on his return to Fleetwood Town to help sink ten-man Hartlepool United.
Jordan Richards was shown a straight red after just three minutes for a flying tackle on Jeff Hughes.
Pool denied them for over an hour before Jon Parkin broke the deadlock, turning at the back post and slamming the ball into the far corner.
Marrow, who rejoined the club on-loan from Blackburn this week, scored with a neat finish to seal the win.
The 23-year-old midfielder made 20 appearances for the League Two side last season.
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Davies
- 15McLaughlin
- 20Taylor
- 13Goodall
- 5Roberts
- 6Pond
- 8SchumacherSubstituted forMandronat 63'minutes
- 11HughesSubstituted forMarrowat 8'minutes
- 23BallBooked at 83mins
- 9ParkinSubstituted forEvansat 80'minutes
- 4Murdoch
Substitutes
- 7Evans
- 14Hogan
- 16Cresswell
- 28Maxwell
- 32Carr
- 34Mandron
- 35Marrow
Hartlepool
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Flinders
- 19RichardsBooked at 3mins
- 2Austin
- 38Walker
- 6BaldwinBooked at 56minsSubstituted forSweeneyat 78'minutes
- 35BurgessBooked at 83mins
- 14ComptonSubstituted forFranksat 77'minutes
- 8WaltonBooked at 70mins
- 33JamesSubstituted forCollinsat 10'minutes
- 9Harewood
- 11Monkhouse
Substitutes
- 5Collins
- 7Franks
- 13Rafferty
- 15Sweeney
- 22Holden
- 23Rodney
- 28Hawkins
- Referee:
- James Adcock
- Attendance:
- 3,009
Match Stats
Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamHartlepool
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home20
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away0
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away5
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Hartlepool United 0.
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Foul by Mikael Mandron (Fleetwood Town).
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Neil Austin (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Fleetwood Town).
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Sam Collins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Jonathan Franks (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. Charlie Taylor (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt blocked. Alan Goodall (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Scott Flinders.
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Attempt saved. Gareth Evans (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Booking
Christian Burgess (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
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(Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Gareth Evans replaces Jon Parkin.
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Neil Austin (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jon Parkin (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Antony Sweeney replaces Jack Baldwin.
Substitution
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Jonathan Franks replaces Jack Compton.
