REDISCOVERING the confidence that helped propel Burnley to seventh place is going to be crucial in a Clarets turnaround this season.

New boy Matej Vydra might not have been part of the side that secured European qualification last season, but after six weeks with the club he can diagnose one major issue that has contributed to Burnley's disastrous start to the new campaign.

Confidence can be a fragile friend. It was on the side of the Clarets for much of last season, injected following that opening day win at champions Chelsea and never really departing, even during an 11 game winless run in the league, thanks to draws with Manchester United and Manchester City during that spell.

But now Burnley look bereft of that belief. They've lost four league games in a row, taken just one point from their first five fixtures and won none of 11 domestic and European games in 90 minutes.

"The confidence is low right now because we’ve only got one point. One or two good wins and then I think everything will change for us," Vydra said ahead of today's meeting with Bournemouth, who aren't lacking for confidence after their best ever Premier League start.

"I know you can’t win all of the games but even if you don't play nice football and you win it’s important for the players. Three points are important."

The importance of confidence might not be clear to those of us outside the dressing room, but Czech Republic striker Vydra insists it's a key ingredient in any successful side.

"A lot of people don’t know how important confidence is, if you don’t have confidence then you’re scared to do what you normally do and you try and play a different type of games, everything changes," he added.

"If everyone was fully confident then the results will come."

Confidence could certainly be a concern for the strikers in Sean Dyche's squad.

None of Vydra, Chris Wood, Ashley Barnes or Sam Vokes have scored in the Premier League so far this term.

Yet all four front men scored in the Europa League, Vydra when he came off the bench against Olympiakos to score on his debut.

And the £11million signing from Derby County believes the goals will flow once he and his striking colleagues break their league duck.

"For the strikers when you score goals, when you have opportunities to score almost every game, then you believe more yourself that the goal will come," the 26-year-old said.

"And if you score one or two your confidence is high, you feel much better in training and more confident in games.

"Then the team stay behind you, you’re scoring goals, you're the main guy, everyone gives you the ball. Now we need to score one or two goals as strikers and the confidence will come.

"It’s not the best statistic for the strikers but we’ve played only five games."