Stoke City goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu is facing a spell on the sidelines after making just one appearance for the club.
The Republic of Ireland international kept a clean sheet on his debut in the 0-0 draw with QPR last weekend after signing on loan from Southampton but missed the defeat to Middlesbrough with a thigh injury.
Stoke manager Mark Robins told BBC Stoke & Staffordshire: "The players are giving everything they can, they are running on fumes. Whatever can go wrong is going wrong.
"We've got to keep giving everything until we can get some bodies back. I cannot believe how people are going down with the injuries they are. It is biting us on the backside.
"Gavin Bazunu will be out for six weeks or so. We are paper thin."
