The Toffees left it late to come from behind on Wednesday night to clinch a 2-1 extra-time victory over West Bromwich Albion in the third round of the Carling Cup.
Their only blemish so far is the opening-day home defeat to newcomers Queens Park Rangers, but even that has been forgotten after four wins and a draw in all competitions
Everton have become City's bogey team over the last few years, winning seven of the last eight encounters and the last four in succession.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY
But, while confidence is growing within David Moyes' squad, the match at the Etihad Stadium marks the start of arguably their toughest month with fixtures against Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United to follow in October.
"It is a big game for us at the weekend because City have been doing well but we will take confidence from the results we have had against them in the past," said Baines.
"We will draw on that. We have a tough run of games over the next few weeks so it was important we kept our momentum going (with the win over West Brom).
"We are fully aware that we treat every game individually so we won't take anything for granted.
"We will use those past games against City for confidence but we have to go there and get whatever we get."
Everton sit seventh in the table, three points off third having played one match fewer. The loss to QPR was a huge missed opportunity but Baines said it had to be confined to history.
"We still look at the QPR defeat and think 'What if?' but we don't want to torture ourselves too much by doing that," added the left-back. "We just want to have a good few weeks with a tough run of games and come out the back end of it in a good position.
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