King's Lynn Town 2-2 Hartlepool United

Struggling King's Lynn collected their first point from four National League games as they held promotion contenders Hartlepool to a 2-2 draw to pull away from the bottom two.

The away side started the brighter and came close with two early headed efforts from Luke Molyneux but he just missed the target before Linnets goalkeeper Theo Richardson made a fingertip save to keep the scores level.

King's Lynn took a shock lead through former Leicester youth player Kairo Mitchell after 16 minutes as he went on a solo run and chipped the ball over visiting goalkeeper Ben Killip.

Hartlepool hit back eight minutes before the break as on-loan Salford striker Luke Armstrong tapped the ball home at the near post for his 10th league goal this season.

Michael Gyasi edged the hosts back in front of the stroke of half-time, firing home Sonny Carey's assist.

But second-placed Pools equalised for the second time after 64 minutes with substitute Rhys Oates heading in Nicky Featherstone's corner to claim a share of the spoils as they extended their unbeaten run to eight games.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

King's Lynn

Formation 4-4-2

1Richardson

15Fleming25Denton8Richards5Smith

4Callan-McFadden7Clunan12Gyasi19Mitchell

24Carey28Payne

• 1Richardson
• 15FlemingBooked at 77mins
• 25Denton
• 8RichardsBooked at 58mins
• 5Smith
• 4Callan-McFadden
• 7Clunan
• 12GyasiSubstituted forJacksonat 60'minutes
• 19Mitchell
• 24Carey
• 28PayneBooked at 69mins

Substitutes

• 9Gash
• 30Bastock
• 31Jackson
• 40Gascoigne

Hartlepool

Formation 4-4-2

1Killip

23Sterry33Cooper8Featherstone15Johnson

4Liddle3Ferguson19White6Shelton

10Molyneux29Armstrong

• 1Killip
• 23Sterry
• 33CooperSubstituted forOatesat 46'minutes
• 8Featherstone
• 15Johnson
• 4Liddle
• 3Ferguson
• 19White
• 6SheltonSubstituted forHolohanat 75'minutes
• 10MolyneuxSubstituted forWilliamsat 87'minutes
• 29Armstrong

Substitutes

• 7Donaldson
• 11Oates
• 14Holohan
• 18Williams
• 22Crawford

Referee:

Robert Massey-Ellis

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 2.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 2.

3. 87'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Hartlepool United. Luke Williams replaces Luke Molyneux.

4. 77'

   Booking

   Tai Fleming (Kings Lynn Town) is shown the yellow card.

5. 75'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Hartlepool United. Gavan Holohan replaces Mark Shelton.

6. 69'

   Booking

   Alfie Payne (Kings Lynn Town) is shown the yellow card.

7. 64'

   Goal!

   Goal! Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 2. Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United).

8. 60'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Kings Lynn Town. Simeon Jackson replaces Michael Gyasi.

9. 58'

   Booking

   Jordan Richards (Kings Lynn Town) is shown the yellow card.

10. 46'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Hartlepool United. Rhys Oates replaces Jake Cooper.

11. Second Half

    Second Half begins Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 1.

12. 45'+1'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 1.

13. 45'

    Goal!

    Goal! Kings Lynn Town 2, Hartlepool United 1. Michael Gyasi (Kings Lynn Town).

14. 37'

    Goal!

    Goal! Kings Lynn Town 1, Hartlepool United 1. Luke Armstrong (Hartlepool United).

15. 16'

    Goal!

    Goal! Kings Lynn Town 1, Hartlepool United 0. Kairo Mitchell (Kings Lynn Town).

16. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

17. Posted at 18:34 16 Mar 202118:34 16 Mar 2021

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.