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Brentford v Sunderland team news: Andrews provides Jensen update
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Brentford v Sunderland team news: Andrews provides Jensen update
Mathias Jensen will miss Brentford's Premier League meeting with Sunderland at Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday (3pm kick-off BST).
The midfielder was absent for last weekend's game against Leeds United and will remain unavailable due to a minor issue.
"No, he won't be back," head coach Keith Andrews confirmed. "He has a little issue. He'll miss this week and possibly next week.
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"We'll see how he settles over the next couple of weeks. It's nothing serious, but he certainly won't be available for tomorrow."
Andrews reported no fresh injury concerns following the Bees' trip to Elland Road.
"The usual knocks and bruises, as you'd imagine with the level of game we had at Leeds," he said.
"The players have recovered well and trained well. We're in a really good place."
While no new issues emerged from the trip to Leeds, Josh Dasilva sustained a hamstring injury during Brentford Under-21s' 5-1 victory over Sunderland earlier this week.
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"That'll knock Josh out until the international break," Andrews explained.
"It's nothing too serious, but it's obviously disappointing for him as he's making his way back to that type of level, intensity and the performance levels he needs to get to.
"That takes a little bit of time from where he's been and the time out he's had. It's disappointing for him, we're disappointed, but we'll keep going and keep pushing Josh to get back to that level."
"It's nothing too serious, but it's obviously disappointing for him as he's making his way back to that type of level, intensity and the performance levels he needs to get to"
Sepp van den Berg , meanwhile, is expected to return after the international break as he continues his rehabilitation from a groin injury.
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"Sepp is making really good progress," said Andrews. "He's been back on the grass for the last week or 10 days, so he's getting there.
"He's in a good place to come back after the international break. That's realistic."
Antoni Milambo has stepped up his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury and could feature for Brentford B in the coming weeks.
"Antoni's looking really good," Andrews added. "He's moving well. He was involved in an 11 v 11 on Wednesday, which was his first involvement in that type of scale and intensity, and on that size of pitch.
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"He recovered well from that and trained with us again this morning. The plan for Antoni is to be involved in a B-team game over the next couple of weeks."
