Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill has called on his side to find a cutting edge ahead of Saturday's clash with Aston Villa.
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The Ulsterman clashes with his former club at the Stadium of Light. Both teams have scored just twelve goals between them this season.
The Black Cats will be desperate to end a four-game losing streak and if they are to do so, O'Neill believes it must begin by creating more clear-cut opportunities.
"This season we haven't created enough clear-cut chances in as many games and I think that's the biggest thing," he said.
"If you're taking a ratio of chances there's a bigger likelihood that if you create eight chances in a game, there's a fairly decent chance that you will take one or two of those. We need to create more chances.
"I believe we have the ability to do so and I'm far from having lost faith in anyone. Quite the opposite. We've got the capabilities to do that.
"Each single result is isolated and maybe taken out of context, it doesn't really matter."
O'Neill faces up to the man he made captain for Celtic when in charge of the Glasgow giants, and believes it will be a hard-fought encounter.
He added: "We've played eight league games this season and we've been beaten once by the champions and we need to convert a couple of draws into victories. I think we'll be okay.
"Naturally I expect a very difficult game. They had a very fine result in midweek and succeeded where we didn't in getting through to the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup, so that will stand them in good stead.
"I know the manager very well. We worked together as manager and player at Celtic and I've got much regard for him. I've got no doubt that despite the sticky start he will pull things round.
"He needs a little bit more time as he's only just got there but I don't think there will be a problem."
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