BURNLEY striker Ian Moore will not be risked when the Clarets kick off their Austrian mini-tour tonight.
And with Robbie Blake carrying a niggling calf injury, manager Steve Cotterill was today hoping last season's 22-goal hitman recovers to avoid being without his two main strikers in the friendly game against Wacker Burghausen.
Moore has still not recovered from the ankle sprain suffered in the opening minutes of the recent friendly with Dundee United.
The £1m striker is joining in with light training in the Clarets Austrian training camp.
But with just two out-and-out attackers at his disposal, Cotterill is not prepared to take unnecessary risks with the opening First Division clash against Sheffield United just 11 days away.
The Burnley boss said: "Knowing Ian's nature he will want to play, but I just don't think I'm prepared to take that risk at this moment in time.
"If it was the last game of the season he would probably train and declare himself fit, but because it's not so important we are probably better off leaving him and seeing how he goes on through the week."
Cotterill added: "Robbie had a heavy kick against Everton the other night and he has struggled to train the last couple of days.
"He has joined in, but not been his usual sharp self and we don't really need him getting another kick on that, so we will see how he feels.
"If not we will shuffle the team around. We are at a stage now where, if individuals lose a day or two, they are not going to lose any fitness. They have a good base to work from, but we will leave it as long as possible."
Cotterill has had another problem to contend with so far - the poor Austrian weather.
As a result, tonight's game, originally scheduled for Gmunden and then moved to Ebensee due to a waterlogged pitch, has now been switched for a third time.
Now Burnley will take on the Germans at the Voralpenstadion in Vocklabruck, around 30 kilometres north east of Ebensee, 6pm kick-off.
The Clarets opponents, based just inside the German border north of Salzburg, proudly boast the fact they are the smallest town in the country with a professional football team.
Pride, however, often comes before a fall and the German minnows now play their football in the Bundesliga Second Division after being relegated in 2002.
Last season they finished 10th of 18 teams before head coach, Rudi Bommer quit the club - ironically to take the helm at Burnley's second opponents of the mini-tour, 1860 Munich.
Bommer took three of Burghausen's star players with him, leaving a young squad with few names of note.
However, one name likely to be familiar to English fans is that of midfielder Nico Herzig, who played at Turf Moor for Wimbledon last season.
Kick off tonight is 6pm.
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