Parramatta will make a point of trying to start strong and silence a hostile Penrith crowd in the finals after proving themselves as the one team that can trouble the Panthers in recent years.
The Eels remain the only side to have beaten anything resembling a full-strength Penrith at home in the past three seasons, knocking them over 22-20 in round nine.
That victory ended the Panthers' record 21-match winning streak at BlueBet Stadium, with their only other loss there since 2020 coming when they were severely understrength against Melbourne.
And there are lessons from it that the Eels are desperate to take into what looms as the NRL finals opener on Friday night.
Parramatta jumped out to an early 10-6 lead in the first-half of their round-nine win, and then managed to control the ball for the majority of the second half before taking the win late.
"We played out there earlier in the year. We know what it's like," in-form playmaker Mitchell Moses said of the Penrith crowd.
"You have got to get up for these teams, they are the great teams in the comp and you have to be at your best against them.
"You have to take the crowd out of it. If you start strong against them, you take the crowd out of it."
A win against Penrith will finally give Parramatta their first preliminary final appearance in 13 years, after locking in a top-four spot with Thursday night's 22-14 win over Melbourne.
It would also ensure they do not have to play in the second week of the finals, where they have been eliminated in five of the past six years.
Arguably, there is no team the Eels would rather play.
Despite the Panthers dominating the competition since 2020 with just nine losses in that time, the Eels have provided three of those defeats.
They are also yet to lose to them this year, handing the Panthers their biggest defeat of the season last month with a 34-10 win when Nathan Cleary was sent off at CommBank Stadium.
But Moses insisted that would be irrelevant come next week, particularly with most Panthers players rested and enjoying a 14-day gap between matches.
"It's a new season now," he said.
"The whole season has gone now. We beat them in the regular season. They have a couple of players coming back.
"They will be fired up, fit and ready to go."
The Parramatta half added he was ready to be targeted by Penrith's middle, after the Storm made a point of going after him on Thursday night.
Moses responded, laying a big hit on Kenny Browmich in a crucial moment in the second half.
"I don't remember what happened, I just made the tackle," Moses said.
"I think it was a bit of luck. I just have to put my body in front and that's what I did. That was it."
