Exeter City: Lack of goals 'psychological' says manager Gary Caldwell

James Scott's strike in the 4-1 loss at Charlton Athletic is the only goal Exeter have scored his month

Exeter City boss Gary Caldwell says his team's recent lack of goals is a "psychological" issue.

City have scored just three times in their last 10 games and are on a six-game losing streak to fall from the top of League One to 18th place.

Their most recent loss as a 2-0 defeat at Wigan Athletic on Tuesday.

"Before Tuesday night we had the third-most shots in the league - of those shots we're bottom of the league for on target," Caldwell told BBC Sport.

"So we are a team that's creating a lot of opportunities and early season those were turning into goals."

City's form has not helped my a strong of injuries suffered last month, with attacking players Jack Aitchison, James Scott and Admiral Muskwe all suffering spells on the sidelines along with a host of others.

But as Exeter's injury problems have started to ease, Caldwell's side have still struggled to find the net having scored just one goal in the last month - although he feels his side are still creating enough opportunities.

"With the injury crisis that we had and then the poor run of form that we've had, that has led to a little bit of a crisis in terms of scoring goals, but when you create 28 shots and have 17 corners, then you're clearly doing something right," Caldwell said.

"It's that last little bit which is the hardest bit in football that we need to get right, and once we get one I think it'll be like London buses we'll get two, three and start scoring goals again.

"It's more a psychological issue than an actual ability or performance issue.

"There's certain things we've looked at, especially from the game the other night where we can be better in terms of passing forward better and being a more aggressive team.

"But that also links back to confidence, so we're very clear on what we need to do in terms of support and how we need to prepare the players for Saturday, we're very confident that if they do that they can go out and win a game."

The Grecians host ninth-placed Lincoln City on Saturday.