THE Scottish Championship recommences on Saturday and Dunfermline meet Alloa at East End Park.

Both sides languish in the bottom three ahead of this fixture and the Pars need a victory to try to get back into the chasing pack behind pacesetters Ross County.

The bookies make the Pars 4/7 shots, a draw 31/10 (188bet) and the Wasps 11/2 (Bet365). While Dunfermline ought to win the game, given they have shipped 12 goals already in their four games, their price looks far too short. Alloa have not won at all yet, therefore, by an elimination process, the 31/10 draw price is the most inviting.

Prediction: Dunfermline 2 Alloa 2.

The only Scottish live game takes place tomorrow (Friday) night where newly-promoted St Mirren host champions Celtic. The Bhoys are 2/9 (Skybet) to accumulate three more points, the Buddies 16/1 (Coral) and it is 6/1 that the points are shared (Betfair Sportsbook). On the handicaps, Celtic -1 is 8/13 (Boylesports), St Mirren +1 4/1 (Bet365) and a tie 16/5 (Betway); Celtic -2 is 17/10 (Paddy Power), St Mirren +2 13/10 (Coral/Betway) and a tie 3/1 (Bet365).

Rangers face bottom club Dundee at Ibrox in a Saturday 3pm game and are 1/4 to claim the spoils, a draw being 5/1 and Dundee 12/1. The handicaps for this clash are Rangers -1 3/4 (Coral), while both Dundee +1 and the tie are 3/1. Rangers -2 is 2/1 (Paddy Power), Dundee +2 21/20 and a tie 3/1.

The Champions League Group stages start next Tuesday and with the gap between the Spanish giants and the rest having closed in recent years, the winners market has a wide-open feel to it. Manchester City are favourites at 11/2 (Betfair Sportsbook), Barcelona are 13/2 (Betfair Sportsbook), Juventus 7/1, Paris Saint-Germain 8/1, Real Madrid 17/2, Bayern Munich 10/1 (Bet365), Liverpool 12/1, Atletico Madrid 16/1 (Skybet), Tottenham Hotspur 25/1, Manchester United 30/1 (Unibet) and then the Italian duo of Roma and Napoli head the remainder at 66/1. Other outright markets that are available include group betting and top goalscorer.

BT Sport will be supplying live coverage to all the matches and from a British perspective, Inter Milan versus Tottenham (Tuesday, 5.55pm) is the curtain-raiser. Inter are 17/10 (Betfair Sportsbook), a draw 12/5 (Hills) and Spurs 7/4.

Liverpool versus Paris Saint-Germain is a spicy opener (Tuesday, 8pm) and the layers price this clash up as Liverpool 13/10 (Skybet), a draw possibly quite big at 3/1 (188bet) and PSG 2/1.

The Wednesday 8pm games feature the Manchester clubs. City host Lyon and are a best price of 1/5 to see off their French counterparts. Lyon are 14/1 while the stalemate is 7/1 (Hills). Young Boys (Bern) take on United and are 4/1 (Boylesports) to spring a surprise; United are 3/4 and it is 3/1 (Bet365) that the spoils are shared.