QPR expect to discover the extent of Charlie Austin’s hamstring injury in the next few hours.

The striker limped off in the second half of Rangers’ 4-0 defeat at Fulham on Friday and the results of a scan are due later today.

Rangers fear Austin is facing a spell on the sidelines, which would leave them short of options up front.

Jamie Mackie also picked up a hamstring injury at Fulham and summer signing Sebastian Polter has been unavailable because of a similar problem.

Austin has scored seven goals for QPR this season.