Goals win football matches, and Demba Ba scores goals.
Following that logic, West Ham United have a great opportunity to win enough games between now and the end of the season to secure their Barclays Premier League status.
Ba netted his third goal in three league appearances - and third in two starts - to help the Hammers pull off a significant 3-1 home win over Liverpool on Sunday.
The Reds arrived at the Boleyn Ground on something of a roll under recently-appointed manager Kenny Dalglish, having gone eight matches unbeaten in all competitions and conceded just three goals in the same period.
With Ba acting as the fulcrum of West Ham's attack in a 4-3-3 formation, the hosts all but nullified their in-form opponents, while creating a succession of goal-scoring chances themselves against a previously-miserly Liverpool defence.
The 25-year-old's pace, movement and ability to hold the ball up and create space for himself and his team-mates pulled centre-backs Martin Skrtel, Jamie Carragher and Danny Wilson all over the park.
Ba crowned a towering individual performance with a fine diving header on the stroke of half-time, doubling West Ham's lead to 2-0 and giving his team welcome breathing space.
"We were really good. We are very happy with the result and the way we played was fantastic," he told West Ham TV.
"We are just working hard and we know that if we want to win, then we have to score goals. That's what we're doing well at the moment and we need to keep working hard to maintain those kind of performances like we did on Sunday."
The No21 was just one of a team-full of heroes in claret and blue - with the impressive displays too numerous to list here.
Having pulled off just their second win of the season over a club in the top six of the table, Ba and his colleagues are targeting more victories over supposedly superior opposition.
With Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City all still to play, the Senegal striker knows the Hammers will need to upset the odds again if they are to do just that.
"It was an important result [for our confidence] because even if Liverpool didn't play that well on Sunday, it was still Liverpool. After we saw the results that other teams achieved on Saturday, it was a very important three points."
Before facing the quartet of UEFA Champions League challengers, however, West Ham go into Saturday's home meeting with Stoke City targeting back-to-back Barclays Premier League wins for the first time this season.
With Ba firing on all cylinders, that target is well within the Hammers' grasp.
"We still have to work hard this week and will be waiting to get another win and three more points."