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 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

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.

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