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Dundee head coach Steven Pressley wants his in-form side to secure survival as quickly as possible to avoid getting embroiled in a nerve-shredding end to the season.
The Dark Blues have lost just one of their past seven league games and gone unbeaten in five, a run that has hoisted them to eighth in the table, eight points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
They face a stern test on Saturday at a table-topping a Hearts side who have yet to lose at Tynecastle this season.
Pressley was asked what becoming the first team to win there would mean for Dundee.
He said: "It would put us three points closer to being safe. Looking at history it will tell you around a point per game will guarantee you safety - we are only on 32, we need to at least reach 38 and again that doesn't guarantee you safety.
"So we know that the minimum we need is another couple of wins and we want to do that as quickly as possible.
"My whole objective has been survival and once we get to that point we can reassess.
"But we still have to get to that point because the one thing we don't want to be doing is facing really challenging games over the last couple of weeks of the season where there is so much at stake. We have to make sure we get the points early."
Dundee extended their unbeaten run with a remarkable comeback against neighbours United last time out, netting twice in added time for a 2-2 draw.
"We came out of the game in high spirits considering the situation and also within that there were also some harsh reminders to ourselves that if we fall below the standards we set then we can quite easily lose games," added Pressley.
"So there was a lot to learn from the game and although we came out of it relatively unscathed there were some good lessons for us."
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The Dark Blues have lost just one of their past seven league games and gone unbeaten in five, a run that has hoisted them to eighth in the table, eight points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
They face a stern test on Saturday at a table-topping a Hearts side who have yet to lose at Tynecastle this season.
Pressley was asked what becoming the first team to win there would mean for Dundee.
He said: "It would put us three points closer to being safe. Looking at history it will tell you around a point per game will guarantee you safety - we are only on 32, we need to at least reach 38 and again that doesn't guarantee you safety.
"So we know that the minimum we need is another couple of wins and we want to do that as quickly as possible.
"My whole objective has been survival and once we get to that point we can reassess.
"But we still have to get to that point because the one thing we don't want to be doing is facing really challenging games over the last couple of weeks of the season where there is so much at stake. We have to make sure we get the points early."
Dundee extended their unbeaten run with a remarkable comeback against neighbours United last time out, netting twice in added time for a 2-2 draw.
"We came out of the game in high spirits considering the situation and also within that there were also some harsh reminders to ourselves that if we fall below the standards we set then we can quite easily lose games," added Pressley.
"So there was a lot to learn from the game and although we came out of it relatively unscathed there were some good lessons for us."
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