The emphatic win ended Phoenix's record run of six consecutive draws and lifted them to seventh on the table with a game in hand - and now they've got their sights set on Sydney this weekend.

"In the past we haven't been able to back up wins. If we can get a bit of a roll going and keep everyone's confidence up hopefully we'll get a few," Lochhead said on Thursday.

The match at the Sydney Football Stadium is the first of three games in seven days for the New Zealand side, which plays Newcastle Jets midweek before another home clash with Perth Glory on November 8.

"It's going to be pretty flat out and we probably won't have too much time to think about it. It's probably a good time to have hit our straps. Hopefully we can take advantage of it," said Lochhead.

After last weekend's performance at Westpac Stadium, Sydney won't be taking them lightly, despite winning the earlier encounter between the two sides 2-0.

Lochead added: "I thought (last time) we were defensively all right we just didn't have anything going on in that game.

"We were sort of holding them off and it was only a matter of time before they were going to score against us. We were just soaking up the pressure,.

"Hopefully we've still got some goals saved up for them. That's been our weakness in the past, we haven't been scoring goals.

"We are working pretty hard. I feel we're pretty tight at the back at the moment so if we can just keep playing the way we've been playing we should be all right."

The All Whites defender felt confidence in the team had grown since that fourth round match in August.

"We're working pretty hard here," he said. "The way we are playing as a group is good and I just hope that we can make these performances count.

"The six draws in a row, we need to turn those (kinds of results) into wins. Hopefully we can get six wins in a row. That would be nice."