"We're pleased with the three points - it's three wins on the bounce, we're in seventh and we're doing okay," Potters boss Mark Hughes said.
"In terms of wins we're very similar in terms of what we've been able to achieve. There's other clubs who have a hell of a lot more resources than us and we're on a similar level at the moment.
"It's important to get momentum at this time of the year and it seems like we are. We've got a difficult game at the weekend against Chelsea which will test us.
"With the games that we've got left, we're confident that we will get a good total by the end of the year."
The Potters have ended the previous two campaigns strongly too and Hughes does not expect them to stumble down the stretch this time.
"We're hoping that's going to happen again," the Welshman said of finishing with a flourish.
"There's no guarantee of it but the way we work, the way we train and the standards that we like to keep right throughout the year, that sustains us. We don't allow their energy to drop or their focus, that's helped us every year I've been here, so we fully expect that to happen again."