Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew confident goals will come

Alan Pardew is confident that Newcastle United's fortunes in front of goal will soon change after they needed an own goal to progress in the Capital One Cup.

No Magpies player has yet found the net in their three games this season, with Gillingham's John Egan gifting them victory at the Priestfield Stadium on Tuesday.

Pardew admits that Newcastle may need to find their shooting boots to take anything from their Premier League clash with Crystal Palace this weekend, and feels that summer signings Emmanuel Riviere and Siem de Jong require "just one break" to kickstart their St James' Park careers.

"I just think we've shown real solid team performances in the three matches so far, without really getting a break in front of goal," Pardew told reporters after their passage into the League Cup third round.

"So many times we could have got a break tonight and we could have got a second or third goal and it didn't happen for us.

"I'm hoping to get a break on Saturday, we just need one break. It would be nice to score two or more goals on Saturday. The way Palace play, how quick they are on the break, you sense that they could score, so it might mean we do need to get two or three goals so that's what our focus must be."

Loic Remy was Newcastle's top Premier League goalscorer last season with 14, but the Frenchman has since returned to parent club Queens Park Rangers, although a second spell on Tyneside has been mooted.