BRISBANE Lions captain Jonathan Brown says the pressure is all on West Coast on Sunday, with the Eagles knowing a third straight loss would catapult them out of top four calculations.

The Lions will head to Perth with a quiet confidence, having beaten the Eagles four times in five meetings since Michael Voss took over as coach in 2009.

The most recent win came just eight weeks ago when the Lions won an exhilarating duel at the Gabba by two points against the Eagles, who came into the match as the ladder leaders.

Brown said with his Lions (7-9) not even contemplating sneaking into the finals, the pressure was squarely on the Eagles after successive heavy losses to the Sydney Swans and Adelaide.

"They've had a couple of bad loses so they'll be very pumped up, so we've got to come out and match their pressure," Brown said.

"They'll have a crowd of 40,000 there and they'll be all Eagles supporters, so it's going to be just us 22 guys out there coming together as a group to try and silence the crowd.

"Getting towards the end of the year, the top four and [knowing] how important it is to get that second chance final, they'll realise that.

"We're one of the bottom eight sides, [and] they're the games top four sides are supposed to win. They'll be pumped up for it, but there'll be a bit of pressure there, no doubt."

Brown said the young Lions had taken plenty of confidence from the round 10 upset win over the Eagles, with a strong run of form following.

He said this week's trip to Patersons Stadium was the toughest in football, but one the Lions would relish.

"We're certainly keen to play better than last week (against Gold Coast), even though we got away with the win, probably lucky to get away with the win. We want to get over there and make amends with our performance," he said.

Brown urged his team to finish 2012 strongly after a disappointing past two years, but said the top eight was not part of their thinking.

"You want to walk away with nine or 10 wins," he said.

"We had four last year, so if you could walk away with 10 or 11 this year, that'd be a huge sign of improvement of the group and bodes well for 2013.

"We've got some important players to come back into the side and the development of the younger players has been fantastic.

"It's important the last six weeks - put finals aside, we're not even thinking of that - that we finish strongly, that we don't finish with a whimper because I think that affects how you go into the following season."

Michael Whiting covers Brisbane Lions news for AFL.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_mikewhiting