Jack Ross wants Hibs to take their "relentless" form into tomorrow's Edinburgh Derby.
The Easter Road boss says recent performances should give his side more confidence going into the game than previous derby success.
Hibs defeated their Edinburgh rivals 2-0 at Tynecastle on Boxing Day, but the manager would rather focus on their form since the turn of the year – a run which has seen them lose just one match in 11.
He said: "There has been a lot of football played since (Boxing Day) and I would point more towards recent performances and results to helping us more than that game.
"At that point we were still a bit up and down, certainly more up and down than we are now.
"That was in between losing to Rangers at home where we were poor and losing to Livingston away when we were poor.
"Although in that game in isolation we did well and came out on the right end of the result, we were probably still searching for our best form at the time.
"So I think more so the fact that we are in such good form, kind of relentless form at the moment is the biggest thing to take in to the game."
The Hibs boss says he won't change his approach to the game on the back of Hearts' Scottish Cup success against Rangers.
Asked if the result alters the way he views the game, he added: "Not really, because we are respectful of the opposition regardless of where they are in the league, whether they are bottom of the league or the top of the league.
"But we do put a lot of emphasis on what we can do and at the moment we are doing that well.
"A lot of stuff, for us, is about what we want to do in the game and what we have done well recently."
