Warrington coach Steve Price admits his side will be "big underdogs" when they play St Helens in Super League's elimination semi-final next Thursday.
The Wolves are just 80 minutes from a spot in the grand final at Old Trafford after defeating Wakefield 36-23 in the final round of the Super 8s.
But Price knows his team will need to improve after an inconsistent performance against Trinity.
"We're going to have to go up quite a few notches, St Helens have been the benchmark all season and rightly so," he said.
"We'll be big underdogs and we're happy with that tag."
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Warrington fell behind 13-6 after a strong start by Wakefield, but a Toby King try right on half-time cut the lead to just a point at the break.
That vital score spurred the visitors on and they posted four tries in an electric second-half display to see off Trinity.
Former St George Illawarra coach Price was happy with the way his players responded after going behind early.
"It's always quite difficult coming down to Wakefield," he said.
"I was really pleased to go in at 13-12. I always felt we were in control of the game considering we had only one yardage kick from them coming out of the back end of the field.
"We addressed that at half-time and I'm really pleased with the second half.
"We're just excited that we got through unscathed, no injuries, and the boys are really excited about St Helens next Thursday night now."
In the day's other matches, St Helens prepared to face Warrington by flogging Castleford 26-0, Wigan beat Hull 14-12 and Toronto squeaked past Leeds 17-16.
