St Kilda coach Ross Lyon said his team's poor record against Port Adelaide had nothing to do with their disappointing Round 6 effort at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.

The Saints have lost 11 of their last 12 games against the Power but Lyon said that statistic wasn't playing on the players' minds.

"I don't think so, it clearly wasn't in my mindset. With this group we respect everyone but we don't fear anyone," he said.

"At the end of the day we walk home losers and we have to regroup and we are 3-3 and they are 2-4, so it's not panic stations for us."

Lyon said the Saints' poor opening, which saw them score one goal in the first 40 minutes, hurt their chances of victory.

"The first quarter we were a bit conservative with our ball use and the turnovers were costly. There were three direct turnover goals," he said.

"And then after that the scoring was equal all the way through. I thought they got a couple of really clean stoppage goals, they were disappointing."

"We fought on, we won the ground ball, we won the tackles and I thought when we move the ball quickly and penetrated we had them under some pressure and we were in the game."

Lyon said the Power's weight of possessions in the midfield, their aerial supremacy (13 contested marks to three) and overall pressure also proved a telling factor.

"It hurts on the scoreboard, it hurts the group and hurts everybody involved with the club," he said.

"Sometimes the pressure of games and the pressure opposition make you do funny things which we want to eradicate if we want to be a top team."

"When you are under pressure it's long down the line, get a contest, get a stoppage. We review it (the game) and learn from it."