Scott and Bill are back with their 50th episode! We get you ready for Matchday 5 in the Champions League, and update you on the surprising form of underdog teams in the group stage, the balance between talent and team cohesiveness, and Landon Donovan's move to Bayern Munich: pro or con?

E-mail scpodcast@gmail.com with any questions or comments, and if you're in the U.S., have a happy Thanksgiving!

No episode before MD4, but here are Bill and Scott's picks! Same matchups as MD3, but with home and visiting teams flipped (home team listed first). Our picks for UEFA Cup games to watch also included. Enjoy!

Bill's picks
Tuesday
Cluj-Bordeaux: Cluj
Roma-Chelsea: Chelsea
Anorthosis-Inter: Inter
Werder Bremen-Panathinaikos: Bremen
Sporting Lisbon-Shakhtar: Sporting
Liverpool-Atletico Madrid: Draw
Marseille-PSV: Draw
Barcelona-Basel: Barca

Wednesday
Aalborg-Villareal: Villareal
Celtic-Manchester Utd: Man U
Fiorentina-Bayern Munich: Draw
Lyon-Steaua Bucharest: Lyon
Arsenal-Fenerbache: Arsenal
Dynamo Kiev-Porto: Draw
Real Madrid-Juventus: Real
BATE Borisov-Zenit St. Pete: Draw

Marquis Mactchups for UEFA Cup Thursday
Manchester City-Twente: Steve McLaren leads Dutch side Twente into his home country.
Standard Liege-Sevilla: Belgian league champions Liege took Liverpool to the wire in Champs League qualifying and took out another Merseyside team, Everton, in the UEFA Cup first round. Can they continue their rousing start to the European campaign against the Spanish giants?

Scott's picks
Tuesday
Cluj-Bordeaux: Cluj
Roma-Chelsea: Draw
Anorthosis-Inter: Inter
Werder Bremen-Panathinaikos: Bremen
Sporting Lisbon-Shakhtar: Sporting
Liverpool-Atletico Madrid: Liverpool
Marseille-PSV: Draw
Barcelona-Basel: Barca

Wednesday
Aalborg-Villareal: Villareal
Celtic-Manchester Utd: Man U
Fiorentina-Bayern Munich: Bayern
Lyon-Steaua Bucharest: Lyon
Arsenal-Fenerbache: Draw
Dynamo Kiev-Porto: Kiev
Real Madrid-Juventus: Draw
BATE Borisov-Zenit St. Pete: Draw

Marquis Mactchups for UEFA Cup Thursday
AC Milan-Braga: Portuguese entrants Braga are coming off a group stage win over Portsmouth. Facing Milan in the San Siro will be their toughest challenge thus far, but if Milan's hearts (and heads) aren't really in it, Braga could pull the upset.
Tottenham-Dinamo Zagreb: Juande Ramos is out, Harry Redknapp is in, and Spurs are turning things around. After taking out first-place Liverpool in the EPL, Spurs welcome Croatia's Zagreb to White Hart Lane.