Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer is confident the club's current strikers will soon get amongst the goals.
"The strikers they have would trouble any defence. Mark Viduka has been a miss being injured and hopefully he will be back for Saturday and give them an extra dimension."
Despite scoring two in his last three appearances, Owen has struggled this season and has also lost his place in the England team.
"Michael needs chances," Shearer added. "He needs players and everyone around to create them. At the moment they are not scoring goals and not creating chances which is disappointing but if they get everyone fit you'll see them creating and Michael scoring.
"I speak to him now and again but he doesn't need anyone to tell him what to do. He's been in this position before and he'll be in it again after he's been on a goalscoring run. That is the life of a centre-forward."