Brentford are ruing an injury to Yoane Wissa but manager Thomas Frank insists the forward's replacement Kevin Schade will bring different qualities to help fill the void

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Yoane Wissa is set to miss ‘a couple of months’ after picking up an ankle injury in Brentford’s defeat at Manchester City on Saturday. The forward scored the opening goal of the game for the Bees before Erling Haaland netted twice to give the Premier League champions a 2-1 win.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank believes Kevin Schade is well placed to fill the void left by injury to Yoane Wissa. Wissa has been sidelined until November with an ankle problem sustained in last weekend's defeat to Manchester City - the eighth player now unavailable.

Brentford forward Yoane Wissa will be sidelined for a couple of months due to an ankle injury, coach Thomas Frank said.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Carabao Cup game against Leyton Orient (kick-off 19:45 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: On Yoanne Wissa: "It's not good news,

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has revealed that Yoane Wissa will be sidelined for a "couple of months" with an ankle injury. Wissa sustained the injury in the first half of Saturday

The Bees striker scored in Saturday's defeat against Manchester City before being taken off before the break with an ankle problem