Burnley face being without strikers Danny Ings and Sam Vokes for the next month.
Last season's 26-goal top scorer Ings is expected to be sidelined for four weeks after suffering a hamstring injury at Crystal Palace last weekend. And manager Sean Dyche dismissed reports suggesting that Vokes, who weighed in with another 21 goals as Burnley won promotion, is close to returning from the knee ligament injury he suffered in March.
"It's factually wrong,' said the Burnley boss. 'Sam's just on his way back. There's certainly no rush on him. He's out on the grass and moving nicely, but he'll be under no pressure from us.
"I'm not thinking that he's thinking he's going to be ready in the next month, because he's not."
