Boss Mick McCarthy has paid tribute to tomorrow's opponents Birmingham, describing their season so far as "fabulous".
Blues have been beaten just once in their last 17 games - including a club record 15 unbeaten - leaving them eighth in the table heading into today's Barclays Premier League programme.
It leaves Birmingham pretty much guaranteed of top flight football next season, while Wolves make the short trip down the M6 tomorrow in the thick of the battle for Premier League survival.
"Birmingham came to Molineux in November and beat us deservedly," said Mick.
"They are having a fabulous season.
"At the moment they have got the balance right.
"They are hard to beat and if you remain that and stay in games they are always likely to nick a goal because they have got some good players.
"I don't think there is too much pressure on Alex McLeish.
"They've got 34 points and they're 13 clear of the drop, so analyse that: The team in the relegation zone need to win four and draw two and have better goal difference, or win five more games than Birmingham out of 15 left.
"So if Birmingham win five, they've got to win 10 out of 15 and none of us have won 10 already out of 23, so that isn't going to happen.
"So they have got no pressure at all in terms of staying up.
"Having said that, I don't think it will take any edge off the game at all.
"If Alex heard me say that, he'd say I was barmy."
Mick has highlighted the added top flight experience within the Blues ranks as perhaps one of the reasons why they have adapted to successfully to the Premier League this season.
"There is no question they have a bit more experience than us," he said.
"Stephen Carr and Liam Ridgewell have got experience, the two centre halves, Scott Dann and Roger Johnson have been excellent and I never doubted they would be.
"Barry Ferguson and Lee Bowyer in the middle of the park are both very experienced players.
"Sebastian Larsson, wide right, and James McFadden, wide left, are both very experienced in the Premiership.
"They have got more experience than us. There is no doubt about that and I think that has certainly helped them."
While there's always a passionate atmosphere for local derby games at St Andrew's, Mick meanwhile is calling for a level of calm from his players to ensure they produce their best performance.
With plenty of experience of such contests as both player and manager, he insists there is no need to add to any pre-match hype.
"I played for Celtic against Rangers, Barnsley against Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City against Manchester United, Lyon v St Etienne and the Republic of Ireland against Northern Ireland and that was a pretty fiery affair," the boss said.
"I've been involved in Millwall-West Ham too and I used to love them as a player.
"They're big games, but why would I try to big it up any more?
"But there is a need to keep calm in them as well.
"First and foremost, you've got to compete because if you don't, you get beat.
"We didn't compete particularly well the other night and we got beat and if you don't compete in derbies, you'll get punished."
