Latest on West Brom attacker as injury lay-off nears two months
Boss Ryan Mason does not expect Albion captain Jed Wallace to be available any time soon as his injury lay-off nears two months.
Wallace, 31, has not featured since he succumbed to a calf issue while making a rare start against his former club Millwall in the 3-0 defeat on October 4.
Wednesday night's clash against Birmingham was the eighth fixture for which the experienced winger has been sidelined and Mason confirmed Wallace is not close to a comeback.
The head coach was reluctant to suggest Wallace had suffered setbacks in his rehab, but there was suggestion his absence was a more lengthy one than Albion initially feared.
"No, not yet," Mason said when asked about insight into Wallace's return to availability.
"It was a while ago and there's been a couple of - I wouldn't say setbacks, but I think it's an injury that we were taking day-by-day. We didn't put a timeframe on it.
"We're still at a point where he's certainly not available to train with the group and we're hoping he continues improving day-by-day."
Wallace, who turns 32 in March and is in the final year of his deal at the club, was his side's best performer on a miserable afternoon in the capital at Millwall, where Mason's side were well beaten.
The Millwall clash was his fourth league start of the campaign after games at Stoke, against Derby and away to Middlesbrough.
Albion under-21s, meanwhile, lost their final National League Cup group fixture 2-0 at Wealdstone on Tuesday night and exit the competition.
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