AHEAD OF THE GAME is back as our sports team discuss Celtic's Champions League exploits, Aberdeen's Europa League progression and Bruno Alves' belated arrival at Rangers.

Deputy Head of Sport Scott Mullen and Football Writer Alison McConnell are in the studio with Online Sports Editor Alasdair Mackenzie for today's episode. 

We begin by looking back at Celtic's win over Linfield, the promising performance of Olivier Ntcham and Ronny Deila's comments about their next opponents Rosenborg.

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The team then touch on Aberdeen's superb win in Bosnia, before considering whether Alves will land the Ibrox captaincy and what Pedro Caixinha must do to keep the critics quiet.

Join us again on Monday for the next episode, live on the Evening Times Facebook page from 12.30pm.