West Brom's Johnston suffers stress fracture of ankle

West Bromwich Albion winger Mikey Johnston is set for a period on the sidelines after the Championship club confirmed he had suffered a stress facture of his ankle in Saturday's defeat by Oxford United.

The 26-year-old had to be substituted after 22 minutes at the Kassam Stadium and will see a specialist in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury and how long he might be out of action for.

Johnston has only missed one one league game for the Baggies this term, scoring twice in his 34 appearances.

Albion lost 2-1 to the U's in an important match in the scrap to avoid relegation to League One as they began a third stint under the interim management of James Morrison.

Oxford's win took them to within three points of Albion, who are only one point above the drop zone.

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