The Highlanders have won their past two games at the Sydney Football Stadium, and Moore said it would be great to get a hat trick.
"But we have just really focused on what we have to do now. We're not getting bogged down in the past and a lot of the talk around here," Moore said.
"I told the guys this week that the cold, hard reality is we should be sitting on top of the table with two wins. I feel we just need to get one of these games across the line."
Nothing would be better than a win tonight for a Highlanders side, which looks a more polished unit than last year, but has lost its first two games at the death.
But it will meet a Waratahs team which has started the season nicely.
The Waratahs are looking for their ninth straight win at home, and there is talk of creating a fortress at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Moore said the side was concentrating on doing the basics well and hopefully the right result would follow.
"An old coach once said to me if the team plays the basics well then they have got a 95% chance of winning.
"Our game structure has been working all right. Our attack has been good and our defence made progress last week."
Moore said said the side was working hard in what to do in those closing minutes.
"We have been training and training for it. But we need to make sure of it. We are just going through scenarios and situations that happen at the end of games."
Captain Jimmy Cowan, who sprained his right elbow in the side's first match against the Brumbies, could have played at a pinch, Moore said, but he was not confident the All Black halfback would be 100% fit if he took the field.
"I didn't want to play him and then put him out for another four weeks."
Sean Romans has played well, stepping in for Cowan, and has impressed with his kicking game.
The Waratahs are a fine kick-and-chase team, and had 87% territory in the first half in their win against the Chiefs last week.
"We just have to win the kicking duel against them and to do that we have to kick smart and kick into space."
The Highlanders sit 11th on the ladder and need to start winning if they want to have any chance of being among the leaders come May.
The previous two wins in Sydney were both by one point and came from taking chances when they arose and displaying composure when it mattered.
Undoubtedly, winning close games comes down to experience and that is where the likes of players such as captain Jason Shoemark, and forwards David Hall and Adam Thomson - the side's only international - become all important.
They must show leadership when times get tough and play good basic rugby when the side gets in front.
It is far harder to blow games when a side is 80m from their own line, rather than 20m.
The return of winger Fetu'u Vainikolo will be a boost, although he is short of rugby after a disrupted pre-season with a hamstring injury.
The Highlanders line-out must be more solid, with Moore saying it has been a bit up and down.
Lock Josh Bekhuis has to start showing some more commanding form.
He was a player of immense promise a couple of years ago but must start delivering on that potential.
