Second-placed Kedah are expected to be without their first-choice custodian Ifwat Akmal when they take on second-last Sabah in the Malaysia Super League next Monday.
The 24-year goalkeeper picked up a shoulder injury in their 2-1 Malaysia Super League match win away to Felda United last Saturday, when he clattered into the goalpost while attempting to keep out Syahmi Zamri's 44th-minute goal.
While he may need to sit out his team's coming encounter, he considers himself lucky not to have come away with more grievous injuries.
"When it first happened, I couldn't even raise both my arms until two days later.