For a Premier League to achieve their aims, whether it be challenge for the title or avoid relegation, one key asset they must have is a deadly striker.
However for half the teams competing in England's top flight this season, their forwards have found goals very hard to come by.
As the 2017-18 campaign enters December, 11 strikers who play regularly in the league across 10 different teams are still to find the back of the net.
Sportsmail here defines regularly as having taken part in at least half of the Premier League games so far - seven out of 14 - and goals scored in any cup competitions do not count.