Kevin Kilbane is likely to be out for six weeks following his facial injury during the 5-0 victory over Hull City yesterday. Kilbane suffered a depressed fracture fo the cheekbone in a collision with Sam Ricketts.

The WIGANER.net player of the season last season is now set for a period of upto six weeks on the sidelines and will undergo an operation on the injury first thing tomorrow morning.

Latics boss Steve Bruce said: "Killer has a depression on his cheek and you don`t need to be a doctor to know its fractured. He will have an operation tomorrow and if all goes well he will be back in around 6 weeks."