Stuart Kettlewell keen to find the answers to Kilmarnock's goal woes
Killie recorded their third clean sheet of the League Cup, but are now just one point ahead of both East Fife and Livingston in Group H ahead of Saturday's deciding games.
Kettlewell's side will progress if they win at home against the William Hill League One Fifers, but he knows they will need to improve their attacking play against Dick Campbell's side.
'We have to be more threatening and we have to be able to go and express ourselves a wee bit more with some more composure to make sure we capitalise on opportunities,' he told Killie TV.
'If we think it's going to be any different – people not throwing their body on the line and defending their penalty box like Kelty Hearts did – then we are seriously mistaken.
'It will be a difficult enough game for us and we will have to play with some real tempo to be able play through them and carve out opportunities.'
He continued: 'What we will do between now and then is understand why we didn't execute it better and why we didn't finish.
'Sometimes that's the last thing to come in pre-season so I don't become ultra negative, but the demands are there that we become more threatening in front of goal.'
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