The Montreal Alouettes and BC Lions meet Sunday in CFL action at BC Place. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Montreal Alouettes Betting Preview
Cody Fajardo is completing 68.5 percent of his passes for 823 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. Austin Mack and Kaion Julien-Grant have combined for 601 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns, while William Stanback has 8 receptions. The Montreal Alouettes ground game is averaging 80 yards per contest, and Stanback leads the way with 153 yards on 33 carries. Defensively, Montreal is allowing 13.7 points and 325.3 yards per game. Najee Murray leads the Montreal Alouettes with 18 tackles, Mustafa Johnson has 2 sacks and Ciante Evans has 3 interceptions.
BC Lions Betting Preview
Vernon Adams Jr. is completing 69.6 percent of his passes for 1,237 yards, 8 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Alexander Hollins and Dominique Rhymes have combined for 535 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns, while Justin McInnis has 14 receptions. The BC Lions ground game is averaging 99.5 yards per contest, and Taquan Mizzell leads the way with 246 yards on 46 attempts. Defensively, BC is allowing 16.5 points and 266 yards per game. Boseko Lokombo leads the BC Lions with 23 tackles, Mathieu Betts has 7 sacks and T.J. Lee has 1 interception.
Trends
The Alouettes are 25-11 ATS in their last 36 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games in July. The Lions are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games in July. The over is 4-0 in Alouettes last 4 road games. The under is 7-1 in Lions last 8 games overall. The Alouettes are 5-16 ATS in their last 21 meetings in BC and 11-32 ATS in their last 43 meetings.
Randy’s Pick
The BC Lions are the better team on paper and them being at home doesn’t hurt, so you can understand why this line is what it is. With that said, BC has had an easy schedule up to this point and its offense has turned the ball over a lot up to this point. The Montreal Alouettes have more than held their own through 3 games, and they have a defense that’s first in scoring defense and second in total defense and passing defense. Getting a free touchdown. I’ll take a shot with the Alouettes.