Jones confident Burnley goal drought will end soon

Midfielder David Jones insists Burnley’s Premier League goal drought is not beginning to weigh the squad down.

Since Scott Arfield struck in the 13th minute of their opening game of the season against Chelsea, Burnley have failed to find the net, a run of 435 minutes with a league goal.

Despite their woes in front of goal, Burnley have shown their defensive strength in keeping three consecutive clean sheets, leaving Jones in confident mood ahead of Sunday’s trip to West Brom.

“Obviously we’re aware that we need to score goals but it’s not something we’re going to dwell on,” he told the Lancashire Telegraph.

“We’ve created chances, we’ve been organised, we’ve limited chances for the opposition and there are a lot of positives to take.

“Three clean sheets on the bounce in the Premier League shows that we’ve got a good foundation. We’ve just been unfortunate.

“We just need a bit more cutting edge in front of goal but we’ve had chances and pressure, and the work rate was brilliant again against Sunderland.

“With a bit more confidence and cutting edge in front of goal we’ll be doing well.”

The loss of last season’s prolific strike duo of Danny Ings and Sam Vokes to injury has not helped the situation for Burnley, leaving manager Sean Dyche with the likes of Marvin Sordell, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Ashley Barnes to choose from in attack.