Fulham face a real bogey side of ours at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night, with Manchester City heading down to SW6.
City have won the previous 18 meetings in all competitions, with our last three points against them coming under Roy Hodgson in April 2009, when Clint Dempsey’s brace and a Dickson Etuhu screamer secured a 3-1 win at the Etihad.
When asked about the significance of changing that narrative, Silva said: “It's going to be very important. Very difficult side, top, top side.
“The last – probably – eight, nine, ten years, they’ve been almost always dominating the Premier League, with one or two seasons not winning titles, but most of the time they are competing for the first position and have been very, very, very strong.
“Almost always with the same manager all that period, and a manager that it speaks for himself everything he has done in football so far.
“And, for me, it's clear – tough game for us against a very good side, but back-to-back wins gives us the confidence that we need before these type of games.
“It's true that it's been a long time for us not getting a good result against City. Under the lights at the Cottage is always something special, against a very, very good side. Let's hope we can change it into our favour tomorrow.”
Under Silva, the Club have made a habit of reversing unwanted records, and his desire to do likewise against City this week is not something that’s lost on the team.
“My speech to the players at the end of the game at Tottenham’s stadium, I mentioned that straightaway,” he revealed.
“I congratulated them for the three points, the way we achieved the back-to-back to wins, the way we break that bad feeling about not winning away from home.
“And my last words with them was about our recent record against City, and how it’s an opportunity for us to change it, and play for it.
“Every time you go inside the pitch to play a football match, our aim is to win the game, and it's not going to be different tomorrow night.
“Let's go for it – big challenge for us, a challenge that we want to face, and we want to go in a direction that gives us the conditions to fight and to take the three points.”
Fulham remain without left-back Antonee Robinson, who has suffered setbacks in his recovery from knee surgery, but Silva does not expect the club to bring in cover for the American international in January.
The 28-year-old is still some way from a return to action, but is back doing individual work on the training pitch.
“Let’s see how it is going to be with Robinson, but until now, we are positive, even with this scenario, that is being very, very difficult for us and for him more than for us,” Silva said.
“But we are positive that when he's going to be back, definitely and not with setbacks, because we need him, and it can be a very good signing for us in the second half of the season, let's hope.”
Striker Rodrigo Muniz, meanwhile, is expected to be out until February following hamstring surgery.
The Brazilian’s injury has left Fulham short of options in attack, and Silva admitted it would be difficult to replace him in the January market.
“We have this scenario of Rodrigo that creates a completely different situation in a really specific position. It is a difficult position for us,” he said.