West Bromwich Albion coach Michael Appleton admits they're relieved Shane Long has avoided serious injury.
Long could make his return in December, instead of a potential season-long rehabilitation after being on the wrong end of a tackle from Aston Villa fullback Alan Hutton.
"Shane's obviously still a little bit sore from the tackle on Saturday, but he's in a decent frame of mind," Appleton told Sky Sports News.
"Obviously when you have a knock on your knee like that your first fears are that it's ligament damage and that was our first fear at the time.
"Ultimately the scans have shown that's not the case so we feel quite fortunate that if it is six weeks it's not as bad as a six-month, nine-month job.
"So from that point of view we're pleased and hopefully we can get him back on the pitch as soon as we can."