Hamilton boss Brian Rice says his players know what it will take to keep them in the Premiership, and hopes their 4-1 win at Motherwell is just a taste of what is to come.
The emphatic derby win took Hamilton off the foot of the Premiership and with a game in hand over basement side Ross County, the incentive is there to take three points from St Mirren.
Accies were 3-0 up at the interval, with strikes by Bruce Anderson and Marios Ogkmpoe either side of a Ross Callachan penalty.
David Moyo added a fourth in the second half, before Mark O'Hara netted a spot-kick for the hosts.
Rice, who is the first Hamilton boss to have steered his side to three consecutive league wins over Motherwell since 1912, said: "My boys know what it's going to take for us to stay in this league, and it's going to take performances like that.
"Hopefully, that's just the start of things to come."
That was a third derby win for Rice's side this season, and they're now unbeaten in the fixture going back to August 2019.
He said: "I don't know what it is about the derby.
"Personally, I love coming here to Motherwell. I loved coming here as a player, I love coming here to watch Motherwell play, I think it's a brilliant place to play football.
"I don't know what it is about a derby, my boys are up for it, but they're up for it most weeks.
"It was a challenge; the first game after playing the Old Firm is always a worry, it always has been for me, right through the years, because you get all these pats on the back and plaudits when you do well and it sometimes affects you.
It doesn't affect me, because I know what's at stake, and the players know what's at stake. I think you see that in the performance.
"You see that in every second ball, every header, they're throwing themselves at things, and I'm on their back, because I want the best for them, but they will enjoy that."
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