Coventry City FC: Sky Blues injury 'concern' over key player Brandon Thomas-Asante after coming off during Middlesbrough game - will he play against Charlton?

Frank Lampard admits that Coventry City’s leading scorer Brandon Thomas-Asante is a “concern” after limping off injured against Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. The forward pulled up off the ball late in the first half at the Riverside Stadium.

The Sky Blues secured a sensational 4-2 victory in an exciting top-of-the-table clash that resulted in City taking a ten point lead at the head of the Championship. But, there is now “concern” over one of the Sky Blues’ key players.

The injury is all the more worrying as it comes at a time when the team are already a striker down with Haji Wright out for up to two weeks with a thigh strain. And to add to Lampard’s concerns, winger Tatsuhiro Sakamoto was also a casualty on the night when he suffered a head injury late on in the game.

Asked about Thomas-Asante’s condition, the head coach said: “It’s a hamstring. He said he didn’t feel like it was a big rip but it tightened up on him so it was a good thing to come off.

“Obviously it’s a concern for us so we’ll have to see how he is.” Asked if there’s any update on Wright, whose initial prognosis was being out for around two weeks, Lampard said: “Yeah, it’s the same time period so all being well, it won’t be too long.”

As for Sakamoto, who took the full force of a powerful shot from Matt Grimes in the side of the head, the City boss said: “Tatsu took a bang on the head so he’s not feeling so good in there now. So we’ll have to see how that works out. That’s when Grimesy had a shot so we’ll have to see how he is.”

If it is determined that he has suffered a concussion then the player will have to follow a head injury protocol which would mean he could be out for 14 days. There has been no update as of yet on Asante’s condition and whether he will play at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday for the clash against Charlton.