Southampton manager Mark Hughes says his team needs to be more clinical and take their chances.
The Saints have dropped to 16th place in the Premier League table, only two points above the relegation zone, having lost their last three games without scoring.
And while Hughes is satisfied that the South Coast club are creating opportunities in front of goal, his strikers aren’t putting the ball away.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Hughes said:
Clearly the end game is getting the ball in the back of the net and that’s what wins you games, it goes without saying.
The last three games have been Liverpool away, Chelsea at home and Wolves who are difficult because they are on a crest of confidence after coming up into the new league and doing really well.
So they are all difficult fixtures and you have to factor that in and in all those games we have created chances.
It’s not as though we not getting shots off. I think if you look at the amount of shots we’ve had in the season to date it’s up there with everybody.
It’s just our conversion rate we need to increase. If we do that and we convert more of the chances we create and the shots we take we will score more goals and win more games.
Southampton travel to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth on Saturday in the New Forest derby, where Hughes will be hoping his side can put their recent shortcomings behind them.
