ARGYLE'S recent improvement in front of goal is down to playing a percentage game.
Head coach Paul Mariner believes the team is now playing higher up the field, which has led to more chances being created.
"It's down to percentages," he said. "If you go back to the Preston game when we first took over, the first-half was a bit debatable but we played the whole of the second-half in their half of the field.
"If you look at the stats, you'll find we're playing more of our football in the middle third and the attacking third, so you therefore get my chances.
"It is percentage football and we've played our best football recently. It is down to better balls coming in the box, better runs and all the things that create chances, and converting."
Although he has not joined in the scoring in recent weeks, Mariner feels the work-rate of Jamie Mackie has been a big factor.
He said: "Jamie always wants to score goals, as all good strikers do, but he's doing a tremendous amount of work that's aiding us to score goals.
"He put players under tremendous pressure. When defenders get the ball, they're always looking for Jamie and now Bradley [Wright-Phillips] as well. We're also encouraging Yala [Bolasie] to get up the field and pressure as well."
