The self-belief among the Sydney Swans’ playing group is as strong as it has been all season, according to midfielder Tom Mitchell.

The Swans enter the 2015 finals series riding high off a strong month of football, having won their last four games by an average margin of 65 points to sew up a top four finish.

Despite losing both games in Perth this season Mitchell wasn’t shying away from the encounter with the Dockers and the often challenging trip west.

“As a team we do really enjoy getting away as a group and it is a really good feeling when the whole opposition crowd is against you and you can silence that crowd,” Mitchell said.

“It is always good to get across to Perth; we feel like we play well over there and hopefully we can get a win.”

Saturday’s win over Gold Coast locked the Swans in for their fourth consecutive top four finish on the ladder and, in the process, ensured they have the double chance.

Mitchell said the playing group was running high on confidence after a number of strong performance in recent weeks.

“As a group we have a really good self-belief,” he said.

“We have shown at stages throughout the year that we can still compete with the top teams and the belief is definitely there within the group.

“We don’t want to look any further ahead than this week as we know how good Freo has been all year so we will have to be at our best to win over there.”

Nick Smith (hamstring) and Jarrad McVeigh (calf) are both looking to return to the senior side after missing Saturday night’s win.