ABERDEEN boss Stephen Robinson insists he will travel to Ibrox on Saturday without fear.

The Northern Irishman began his tenure with a 1-1 Premiership draw against Falkirk at Pittodrie last week and now faces title-chasing Rangers, who are three points behind leaders Hearts and one point behind Celtic.

The Dons are still not out of trouble, sitting in ninth place — six points ahead of both his former club St Mirren and Kilmarnock, who are in the relegation play-off zone.

But Robinson is bullish ahead of his first away game as Aberdeen boss.

He said: “I’ve gone to Ibrox and won games. I don’t ever go into a game with any kind of fear.

“None of my teams ever go with any kind of fear. I think you only go with fear if you’re not organised.

“We know Rangers are a good side with good players.

“We know we have to be at the top of our game, of course we do. We can lose the game on one moment of brilliance, that happens. But we’ll go with the belief we can get a result.

“We’ve had a week now to work on things. There were good aspects of the game last week, especially out of possession.

“We looked more organised, we looked harder to break down, and we’ll need that.

“When you go to Ibrox, you have to defend very, very well as a team and as units.

“We’ve continued to work on that. There’s lots of things to keep doing, of course.

“But we want to be more positive on the ball. I believe they’ve got more of an understanding of what I want now after the last three or four training sessions.

“When you go to Ibrox and Celtic Park, you have to defend really well, that’s a given, but you also have to be good on the ball.

“You have to be brave, you have to buy your passes and play in areas that are going to hurt the opposition.

“We’ve worked on that this week, so I’m looking for progression.”

Meanwhile, Aberdeen confirmed the departure of first-team coach Peter Leven, who stepped into the position of interim manager for the third time following the departure of Jimmy Thelin.

Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel said: “We would like to express our thanks to Peter for his professionalism and commitment during this transitional period.

“Peter has stepped up and led the club on multiple occasions in recent years and gave his all when we needed him most. He has been a terrific servant, and I have no doubts he will go on to be a manager in his own right.

“While we are naturally disappointed to see Peter leave, changes to coaching staff are expected when a new head coach arrives and looks to make a fresh start.

“Everyone at the club wishes Peter nothing but the best in his future career.”

Ian Burchnall, who joined the Dons in February, will remain as part of Robinson’s new-look coaching team at least until the summer.