Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers will have an operation on his injured Achilles today.
The centre-back missed yesterday's defeat to Hearts after suffering the knock against Sturm Graz midweek, and has been ruled out for up to five months.
It is a headache for manager Brendan Rodgers, who opted for youngster Dane Murray alongside Liam Scales yesterday, The 22-year-old had a day to forget, scoring an open goal for the home side to open the scoring and also conceding a penalty for Lawrence Shankland to score their third.
Speaking after the game, the Northern Irishman delivered an update on Carter-Vickers.
He said: "Cameron Carter-Vickers will have an operation tomorrow. So like I said earlier in the week, he could be three to five months, depending on him, on that injury.”
There was more positive news on Daizen Maeda, who was set to join back in with training today.
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On whether he could feature against Falkirk in midweek, Rodgers added: "I don't know. We have to look at that, and we'll have to make sure that we introduce him at the right moment.
"Thankfully, he's back training."
Alistair Johnston and Kelechi Iheanacho were two other absentees after being forced off against the Austrians but the manager revealed their injuries are not as bad as first feared, keeping them out for weeks rather than months.
He added: "Alistair and Kelechi are probably not as serious as we first thought, but I'm not sure they'll make Wednesday.
"So they'll definitely be a few weeks."
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