Brentford's Wissa Ruled Out For Two Months With Ankle Injury

Wissa suffered the injury during Brentford's 2-1 defeat at Manchester City over the weekend following a tackle from Mateo Kovacic.

The DR Congo international had earlier on opened the scoring at the Etihad Stadium in the first minute with his third Premier League goal of the season.

Wissa's injury leaves Brentford with a striker shortage, having sold Ivan Toney to Al Ahli and new signing Igor Thiago out until the end of the year with a knee injury.

Wissa scored 12 goals in 34 league games for Brentford last season.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday's League Cup tie against fellow London side Leyton Orient, Brentford manager Thomas Frank told reporters: "Wissa is not good news. It looks like an injury that will be a couple of months. It is very frustrating.

"We talked about our many injuries last year, I hope I don't have to talk too much about it this year, I maybe already have.

"We were unlucky with Igor [Thiago], unlucky with [Aaron] Hickey; we've then had two contact injuries with Mathias Jensen and Yoane Wissa, so that's very frustrating.

"Wissa had a very good season last year and I thought he has started the season very well this year, with three goals in four games, that's a very good number.

"It will leave a hole, but I will find a solution and other players will step up."