Lack of goals isn’t a worry for Wagner

HUDDERSFIELD Town boss David Wagner is not concerned with his side’s goalscoring record ahead of their trip to Everton today.

The Terriers travel to Goodison Park having scored four goals in their last 14 Premier League outings, with Jon Gorenc Stankovic the only player to find the net this season.

But the head coach believes his side have another opportunity to right those statistics today and is adamant his players have the quality to create chances and convert goals in the top flight.

He said: “First of all, in the Premier League, for us, it is always the case that we like to go forward, score goals and create opportunities.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes less, and this often depends on the quality of the opponent you face.

“On the other side, it is always important to stay in the game, to keep a clean sheet because it makes life easier and with one goal you bring the opponent under big pressure. “This is our aim, like always. “We are all together aware of our stats – that we haven’t scored the most goals in the Premier League so far.

“That doesn’t change that we have another opportunity on Saturday.

“Everything which happens in the past does not not matter for the game which is in front of you.

“We have all the belief, all the trust in our players that they are capable of creating opportunities, performing and scoring goals.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not, but we should not be driven away from any stats because if we rely on stats I would probably not be here.

“We would not be in the Premier League.

“I don’t know if any team got promoted to the Premier League with a negative goal difference and I don’t know if any team has stayed up with the financial resources we had last season.

“Stats are interesting, even for me, sometimes, but they don’t