Mark Walker's Scottish Tips

ARBROATH have won five of their last six games in League One and are flying ahead of this week's Angus derby at Montrose.

And they can get another win under their belts at 5/4 with McBookie.com.

The Gayfield side made a poor start to the season, but they have recovered well and have sorted out a leaky defence with three 1-0 wins out of their last four games.

League One is a truly bonkers division with just eight points separating top from bottom after 12 games, but it looks like Arbroath will certainly be in the mix at the end of the season.

They will be aided by Montrose who are struggling for bodies with striker Kane Hester and Ryan Williamson both injured and they had two players sent off last week – Terry Masson and Michael Gardyne.

They have also lost three of their last four games and the Red Lichties should be able to claim the local bragging rights.

Queen's Park are second in the form table in the Championship and can get the better of an inconsistent Dunfermline side at Hampden at McBookie.com's 21/20.

Callum Davidson's men have been going along nicely this season and look well placed to secure another play-off spot having lost just once in their last ten games.

They are well-organised defensively and have already beaten the Pars at East End Park in September. Dunfermline are in the midst of a fairly miserable campaign with off-field worries looking like they have carried over to the pitch.

They gave their fans hope with an impressive 3-0 win over Livingston to end their unbeaten record, but then followed that up with a limp loss to Partick Thistle last week.

They are also poor travellers having picked up just one point on the road all season and their visit to the National Stadium could spell more gloom.

St Johnstone have been written of for their trip to Motherwell, but they are worth a go at a big price of 14/5 with McBookie.com.

There's an interesting sub-plot of new Saints boss Simo Valakiri returning to his former club and he was a popular figure at Well.

He seems to have made a decent impact in Perth and although they lost to Hearts last week, they outplayed them and could be considered extremely unlucky to come away with nothing.

Motherwell must be deflated over that gut-wrenching last loss to Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final last week and Saints look too big.

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