BURNLEY have won their battle over when to stage a potential FA Cup fifth round tie at either Telford or Millwall.

The possibility of a draw between the two sides tonight left the Clarets fearing they may be forced to face the winners next Wednesday, four days after the replay.

That would have led to midfielder Richard Chaplow missing the match through being on international duty with the England under 19 squad.

However, potential opponents Millwall ironically find themselves with an identical dilemma. And after discussions between the two clubs - and alerting the FA to the problem - Burnley have confirmed they will definitely NOT face the winners next week.

Such a convoluted scenario would, of course, be irrelevant should Telford and Millwall settle their fourth round tie at the first time of asking.

The Conference side were this morning confident of staging the game at the third attempt following two postponements.

A positive outcome would leave Burnley travelling to the winners on Saturday, as originally planned.

And the Turf Moor ticket office is prepared for that particular outcome, with tickets ready to go on sale first thing tomorrow morning.

Meanwhile, Glen Little reckons success between now and the end of the season has become a fine balancing act.

The Clarets winger is aware the goals have dried up in recent weeks, in tandem with a welcome drop in the number of goals conceded.

And now the defence has dug deep to level things out, he is looking to the strikers to tip the scales back in Burnley's favour.

"Our problem was keeping clean sheets, but that has improved now and, in the last few weeks, we probably haven't scored enough," said Little, who scored his first goal of the campaign in last Saturday's 1-0 win over Gillingham.

"If you take away the FA Cup, I can't remember the last time we scored two. "

"It's certainly been a long time, and maybe that's because we've had to shore one thing up and that's affected the other.

"We've had a one-goal lead quite a few times this season and, two or three years ago, they were the sort of leads we never lost.

"We were not letting sides back into games, whereas in the past couple of seasons we have become a side that is hanging on and allowing teams to sneak one.

"It's different now. If we win another five or six league games, that should be good enough."