TOM Heaton believes victories are just around the corner for Burnley after praising the Clarets mentality in securing a point at Queens Park Rangers.

The Loftus Road stalemate made it four draws in five games for the Clarets, but captain Heaton believes one point will soon be turned into three as they lay the foundations to win matches.

Heaton secured a sixth clean sheet of the season in West London as Burnley defended well to shut out a QPR side buoyed by the arrival of new manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

“We want and need to win games but we won’t be far away with performances like that,” Heaton said. “We’re sticking to what we believe in, we’re not losing many games and I think the wins are around the corner.

“Away from home in the Championship teams are always going to get something and it materialised with two corners late on for them.

“It was a fantastic mentality that late in the game.

“It’s the sort of thing that gets you points on the board and gets you wins down the line.”

While the Clarets have taken just four points from their last five games, they have still only lost three times in 20 Championship matches this season.

Heaton played every game in the promotion campaign two years ago, when Burnley had an identical five game run at this stage of the season.

And he believes making sure the recent draws weren’t defeats could prove to be important as the season progresses.

“If you look back to the promotion season there was a lot of spells where we didn’t win a few games on the bounce,” said the Clarets skipper.

“It’s very difficult to avoid that in the Championship, there’s not many teams that ever do that.

The important thing is to keep the momentum going and keep getting points on the board and this is a good point away from home in tough circumstances.”

Burnley face another daunting away trip tomorrow as they travel to the Riverside to face a Middlesbrough side who sit second in the league.

But the Clarets have now lost just one of their last 22 away games in this division.

It is an impressive record, but one which Heaton believes is down to the way in which they approach games.

“We try not to differentiate between teams at the top and bottom and home or away for home,” he said.

“We try to go about it with the same principles and the same mentality.

“QPR found it difficult to beat us and we’re hard to beat. If we keep getting points away from home then we will keep moving forward.

“You need a great foundation and that defensive base. Being tough to play against. That stat shows it.

“We need to retain that and get a few more wins perhaps, but that’s not unduly worrying us. That foundation gives us a great chance to go and win any game.”