Geelong coach Chris Scott expects Patrick Dangerfield to thrive in a hostile environment when the superstar returns to Adelaide on Friday night to take on the Crows for the first time.

Dangerfield has been in breathtaking form in his first season with the Cats, who sit second on the AFL ladder ahead of the trip to the Adelaide Oval to take on the eighth-ranked Crows.

“The real competitors love a hostile environment,” said Scott on Wednesday. “It spurs you on to greater things.”