Kevin Doyle and Jody Craddock are hoping Wolves' impressive performance at Everton will stand them in good stead for Sunday's equally tough test against Midlands' visitors Aston Villa.
Everton, like Villa, finished in the top six of the Barclays Premier League last season but Wolves finished up disappointed to only come away with a point from Goodison Park having reached the 88th minute a goal to the good.
Record signing Kevin and club captain Jody are now hoping a repeat of a similar performance in Saturday's lunchtime derby will also produce a positive result.
"Everton are very good at home and finished fifth last season, so for us to go there and create the chances in both halves - not just sneak a goal - and restrict them to half chances was a positive.
"It was disappointing to come back into the dressing room having conceded late on but we can still look back on it as a very good point.
"We should probably have got three points but the fact we were disappointed to get a draw shows we did very well.
"We seem to play better against the better teams as well which is a good sign and hopefully we can carry that on."
Jody insists the Aston Villa game was always going to be one of the stand-out fixtures on the calendar as the two teams do battle for the first time in over five-and-a-half years.
"Villa was always going to be a big game, regardless of their result against Chelsea last weekend," he added.
"A derby's a derby and it's going to be 50-50 on the day as to what can happen.
"We've got home advantage so we'll be looking forward to it and will definitely be up for the game."
