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Slaven Bilic gives an injury update ahead of West Brom's trip to QPR

Head coach Slaven Bilic has given an injury update ahead of Albion’s trip to QPR tomorrow.

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Slaven Bilic head coach / manager of West Bromwich Albion. (AMA)

The Baggies head to Loftus Road for the Championship clash which has been moved to a 12.30pm kick-off for live television coverage.

Bilic and Albion have been without left-backs Kieran Gibbs and Conor Townsend for a number of weeks with the defenders spending time on the sidelines with ankle and back problems respectively.

Ahmed Hegazi, who is yet to feature this season, is also working his way back to fitness after undergoing ankle surgery in the summer.

And Bilic issued an update on those three players and also revealed Chris Brunt has picked up a minor knock ahead of tomorrow’s trip to the capital.

“Kieran and Conor are back in training,” the head coach said.

“It wasn’t a long absence but it was enough so we will see how they are today.

“Hegazi is training with us and looks good but he still needs another 90 minutes.

“He played 60 minutes for the under-23s but ideally he needs a bit more.

“We have a small issue with Chris Brunt and we will not push it.

“It’s not a full injury but it’s a little bit of a groin issue and if we push it hard it could become an issue so there’s no point in risking it.

“So it looks good because most of the players are available for tomorrow.”