Birmingham City suffer two serious injuries as attacking duo to miss trip to Wembley

Blues winger Scott Wright has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury and the odds are against striker Lyndon Dykes featuring again before the campaign concludes.

Birmingham head coach Chris Davies has admitted the two forward players are set for several months on the sidelines each in what comes as a significant blow. Wright fell awkwardly and twisted his knee severely during Blues’ 0-0 draw away at Reading whereas Dykes pulled up with a calf issue during the same game.

It became apparent that the injuries were somewhat serious when neither were included in the matchday squad for Tuesday night’s 2-0 win over Leyton Orient. Goals from Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Ethan Laird were enough to seal all three points against the 10 men of Orient but it was a shame not to have Wright or Dykes available.

“Sadly Scott Wright is a longer-term knee injury, which is a real blow,” Davies told BirminghamLive during Tuesday’s post-match press conference. “I’m sorry for Scott that that’s happened because he has had some big moments for us this season.”

On Dykes, Davies added: “Hopefully we can see him before the end of this season. I would call it a medium term injury, not a quick turnaround but there’s definitely a route back for him to get back before the end of this season and contribute. We’ll miss him.

“I don’t know whether the cup final might come too soon. I’m not qualified to give that definitive answer but it sounds like the cup final might come too soon. Even after the cup final, there’s probably five league games so can he get back and help us in that period would be the question.”

Keshi Anderson was another player to miss the win over Orient but his issue is far less severe. The winger, one of Birmingham’s most influential wide attacking players so far this season, is expected to be out for a week or two with a hamstring strain.