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Davis wary of dangerous Dons Steven Davis believes the pressure will be off Aberdeen when they travel to Ibrox on Saturday to take on Rangers. The Dons face the daunting task of another trip to Glasgow just seven days after suffering a club record 9-0 defeat against Celtic. A midweek loss to Inverness succeeded only in heaping further pressure on their manager Mark McGhee, before the board eventually gave him a vote of confidence. But, with few backing Aberdeen to resurrect their fortunes immediately with a win against Rangers, Davis warned they could be more dangerous than ever. "I think we will get our usual game against Aberdeen," said the midfielder. "In many ways, for them, it gives them a little bit of a breather coming to Ibrox. "Probably a lot of people are not expecting them to come here and get a result. "There has been a lot of pressure on them recently and it maybe gives them the chance to come and set out their stall and try and get a result. "That will make it even more difficult for us and we will be aware of that." Aberdeen often save their best performances for games against Rangers, but Davis says the same applies to most teams in the SPL. He added: "Any team in the league, when we play against them, raises their game. "We have definitely found that over the course of the last couple of seasons. "There is obviously a bit of rivalry between Aberdeen and ourselves as well, so we expect another difficult game." Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu will miss the clash but the knee injury he suffered in the midweek defeat by Hibernian is not serious. Sasa Papac will also miss out with a head wound while Lee McCulloch is expected to overcome a knee knock. Andy Webster, James Beattie and Nikica Jelavic remain on the sidelines while Ricky Foster misses out under the terms of his loan agreement from Aberdeen. While the Dons will be seeking a much-needed morale boost, Davis knows boss Walter Smith will demand a positive reaction from his own players. The Scottish champions suffered their first SPL defeat of the season to a struggling Hibernian side in midweek, after being held at Ibrox by Inverness. Davis said: "You are going to get these disappointments throughout the course of the season and it's really about how you react to them. "It was a disappointing result against Inverness and the Hibs game has added to that, so we need to put together a good run of results again." Aberdeen will be without the injured Darren Mackie and Andrius Velicka, who is ineligible to face his parent club under the terms of his contract. However, skipper Paul Hartley returns after serving his suspension. Dons manager McGhee insists he never considered taking the "easy option" of walking away from his job despite a week of intense pressure. Reports suggested Tuesday's game against Inverness was a must-win to save his position but, following lengthy discussions, the board opted to back their boss. McGhee is now determined to prove his doubters wrong after receiving the vote of confidence. He said: "It would have been an easy option for me to decide I'd had enough of this. I've got a contract and that's worth money to me. "I could have taken that and been gone and be sitting with my feet up in Brighton and maybe this weekend fly off to Vegas to my brother-in-law's for a couple of weeks and wonder how Aberdeen were getting on back home. "But that never entered my mind, I was determined to see this through and to try and prove that what I believe can happen here is true. "That's going to take time, it's going to take a huge amount of effort and it's going to continue to be difficult for me because there are people who have made their minds up. "I've got to live with that but I'm determined to prove those people wrong." Asked how tough the last couple of days have been for him, McGhee replied: "Of course it's been difficult but let's not get carried away. It's business, everyone's got their issues. "We are all under pressure and I don't imagine the pressure that I've had this week is any different from the pressure that any of us get in our jobs. "It's part and parcel of the job. Sometimes it's very good and sometimes it can be very pressured but I think I've learned to manage that pressure. "I'm not saying I don't feel it and don't think that I didn't lie awake staring at the ceiling this week, but I still manage to see the full picture and I think that's what you've got to do."