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Steve Bruce has revealed that Aston Villa captain John Terry is a doubt to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday after rolling his ankle in training this week.

Terry made his comeback from a broken metatarsal in the shock 3-1 defeat to League One Peterborough in the FA Cup last weekend, and Bruce was hoping that his skipper would be available for league action at the City Ground.

That’s now looking unlikely.

Bruce, though, was able to offer positive updates on Andre Green, who played an hour of Villa U23s’ 3-0 win over Sheffield United on Thursday night, and Scott Hogan.

“I’m waiting still on Jedinak and unfortunately John Terry rolled his ankle on Wednesday and he’s a doubt as well,” Bruce said.

“He’s just got over his injury and unfortunately he’s rolled his ankle slightly and we’ll see how he is.

“Scott Hogan is fine. He’s trained all week.

“Andre, we decided to get another hour under his belt having been out for so long. We thought it’d be good for him.

“We played him last night, and he’s got through it, which is good.”

Bruce has had to deal with constant set-backs throughout the campaign, but hopes for a little more fortune in the second part of the season.

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Jack Grealish missed the start of the campaign, while Bruce has faced long-term absences of Terry and last season’s top scorer Jonathan Kodjia.

Crediting the remaining squad members for handling the schedule, the manager is wishing for better fare on the injury front in the coming months.

“I think it was really important that I needed to have,” he continued. “Going forward we hope that we have a bit more luck than we’ve had in the first half of the season.

“Fair play to the squad, they’ve managed to cope because when you look it and analyse it we’ve had big players missing for months.

“Kodjia, Grealish, Terry, Jedinak. All big, big players for us.

“Hopefully in the second half of the season we’ll do better with injuries.”