Promotion-chasing West Bromwich Albion expect to be without captain Jed Wallace, defender Kyle Bartley and winger Matt Phillips for "a few weeks".
And they still are no nearer giving any comeback date for £7m striker Daryl Dike, who is realistically now expected not to figure until the new year.
Wallace missed Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Championship leaders Leicester City with a shoulder injury.
Phillips, the club's longest serving outfield player, has a hamstring issue.
He went off in first-half injury time on Saturday, while Bartley missed the game altogether, to end an unbroken 11-game run.