Rotherham defender Joe
Mattock will have a scan on the ankle injury he picked up in Saturday’s
pre-season friendly at Greenock Morton, with boss Steve Evans expecting him to be out for a couple of weeks.
The former Sheffield Wednesday left-back came off in the 72nd minute of the 3-0 win in
Scotland after appearing to land awkwardly on his ankle.
X-Rays have shown there is no
fracture, but the 25-year-old, who is primed to be boss Evans’ first
choice left-back this season, will now undergo scans to check for ligament
damage.
Boss Evans said: "Paul Warne and Mike Preston took Joe away for an X-Ray late on Saturday evening because there was a little bit of swelling around the ankle joint.
“We came away from that with two things. The best news is that the X-Ray showed that there are no breaks in there, so there will be another scan later today to ascertain what the swelling is.
“We are hoping that it’ll be just a couple of weeks. Overall we had a fantastic response by the staff at the hospital, and it was good news for Joe.”
That means will miss Tuesday night’s friendly with Scottish Premiership side Dundee.
But striker Matt Derbyshire
will feature after making his first pre-season outing at Morton.
Last season’s top scorer
missed the opening three games after picking up a knock in training, but he
played the first 58 minutes on Saturday, playing up front with former
Nottingham Forest team-mate Greg Halford.
2/2 Mattock had an x-ray which came back all clear, and he will now have a further scan to see if there is any ligament/tissue damage. #rufc— Rotherham United (@OfficialRUFC) July 20, 2015
And assistant boss Paul
Raynor was impressed, saying: “I think Matt Derbyshire caused Morton all sorts
of problems.
“Matt looked incredibly sharp
and his movement is always good but he played on the last defender and he
looked really sharp and we saw some good signs of him linking with Greg
Halford.”
