West Brom’s promotion hopes have been dealt a huge blow with a number of first-team players unable to take part in their fixture against Sunderland on Sunday.
Striker Daryl Dike suffered an Achilles injury during the Baggies’ 2-1 win over Stoke at the weekend and had to be stretchered off. The 22-year-old is now set to spend a number of months on the sidelines as he begins his recovery.
So far this season, Dike had scored seven goals in his 23 appearances in the second division, 14 of which were in the staring 11, and will be a big miss to West Brom in the final stages of the season. Between Sunday and next Saturday, West Brom have three huge fixtures all against promotion rivals – Sunderland, Norwich and Sheffield United - and will be forced to go into all three with a number of severe injuries ruling out key players.
