Injury to Kane is a concern for Albion
BURTON Albion face an anxious wait to find out the extent of the calf problem which caused striker Kane Hemmings to stay off the field at half-time against Hull City on Saturday.
Hemmings was replaced by Joe Powell, meaning a reshuffle for Burton, with Lucas Akins moving into the middle from the right flank.
A lot of the work Hemmings does up front goes unnoticed unless he scores – but not by manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
“He is an important player for us,” said Hasselbaink.
“I don’t know yet (how serious it is) but it’s something with his calf. We had to take him off.
“If he had stayed on it could have got worse so, hopefully, it is not too bad, fingers crossed.”
It seems likely Hemmings may miss tonight’s rearranged game away to Blackpool (7pm) but Hasselbaink will consider making other changes to Saturday’s line-up too.
He already had John-joe O’toole, Reece Hutchinson and Michael Bostwick unavailable but he will also be careful with some of his new players who have not played a lot of football lately.
“I need to look at a few players and see what we’re going to do because some have not played for a while and we’ll see how they react (to Saturday’s game),” he said.
“We might have to freshen things up.”
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