Hibs travel to Pittodrie on Sunday, looking to build on their dominant 4-0 victory over Livingston, which David Gray says was “almost a complete performance.”

Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Gray said, “I think it’s been coming, because I do think the level of performance has been good.

“And it is now about building on that. I think I said that going into the international break, having to use it as a bit of a reset and making sure that there are no excuses.”

“Now we need to move forward. We need to make sure that we start putting wins on the board. So it was really good to start with three points at home, and then now it’s all geared up towards a real tough test on Sunday,”

Gray referenced that Aberdeen will pose a “difficult” test after picking up their second straight league victory against St Mirren last weekend.

“They’ve developed a really strong squad, a lot of quality in the team, starting to click a little bit now as well.”

“They’ll take a lot of confidence from the result and performance. Winning at St Mirren, a really difficult place to go and win.”

“And then these are the games (Aberdeen face AEK Athens in the Conference League on Thursday). The rewards for winning the Cup last season give them the opportunity to play in Europe. We’ve experienced that this year.”

“It will be a difficult game, but as I’ve demonstrated and we’ve already demonstrated at times this season, we know we’re a good side, take the confidence from the weekend and go up there and try and come back with three points.”

“It’s about making sure that we’ve got a game plan ready to deal with that, knowing what we’re going to expect, or at least preparing the players as best you can. But we’re going there to try and win the game, that’s for sure.”

Gray referenced the emphatic 4-0 win over Livingston, mentioned Chris Cadden’s involvement in the final two goals

“every player’s confidence levels go up when you score goals.”

“I think even just Chris Cadden, know, his delivery at the weekend was fantastic. He’s worked really hard on training, doing extra training to make sure the quality is always there, and he’s always had it, just to make sure that comes out. And I think he gets his rewards for that the weekend”

Victory for Hibs would help them consolidate third place in the Scottish Premiership, and may help bridge the gap to Hearts and Celtic, depending on their result at Tynecastle