Blackburn Rovers midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen could be facing up to 10 days on the sidelines with his calf strain.
The Norway international is nursing the problem after playing just 26 minutes of the 2-1 Premier League victory over Tottenham at the weekend.
Pedersen insists the injury is not as serious as first feared, but confesses that he has only a half-chance of facing title-chasing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.
Sam Allardyce's relegation-threatened side are already set to be without Jason Roberts for three weeks after the striker sustained a stress fracture in his foot, and further injury concerns will not help the one-time Premier League champions.
Pedersen told Nettavisen: "It is fortunate that the muscles are not damaged, but something in the surrounding area.
"I did not understand completely what they (Rovers' medical staff) said, but something is torn and bleeding.
"But I feared it would be worse. They believe it will take five to 10 days before I am ready again, and it is perhaps fifty per cent that I will be ready to face Liverpool."
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