The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Elks meet Thursday in CFL action at Commonwealth Stadium. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats Betting Preview 

Matthew Shiltz is completing 65.5 percent of his passes for 696 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. D’haquille Williams and Tim White have combined for 568 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Terry Godwin II has 14 receptions. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats ground game is averaging 69.5 yards per contest, and James Butler leads the way with 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, Hamilton is allowing 31.3 points and 386.3 yards per game. Jameer Thurman leads the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with 27 tackles, Ted Laurent has 2 sacks and Richard Leonard has 1 interception.

Edmonton Elks Betting Preview 

Taylor Cornelius is completing 60.6 percent of his passes for 660 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Steven Dunbar Jr. and Eugene Lewis have combined for 445 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Vincent Forbes-Mombleau has 9 receptions. The Edmonton Elks ground game is averaging 75.4 yards per contest, and Kevin Brown leads the way with 209 yards on 46 attempts. Defensively, Edmonton is allowing 24 points and 395.6 yards per game. Nyles Morgan leads the Edmonton Elks with 31 tackles, A.C. Leonard has 3 sacks and Loucheiz Purifoy has 2 interceptions.

Trends

The Tiger-Cats are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Elks are 17-38 ATS in their last 55 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The under is 19-9 in Tiger-Cats last 28 road games. The under is 5-1 in Elks last 6 games overall. The Tiger-Cats are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 meetings in Edmonton and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the better team on paper and probably should be favored, but the way this line is a near pick em kind of scares me. The Edmonton Elks are also coming off their best showing of the season, nearly beating Saskatchewan on the road. Edmonton doesn’t do anything well on either side of the ball, but it’s not like the Tiger-Cats are lighting the world on fire. If forced to pick between two underwhelming teams, I’ll take a shot with the home team, but I don’t like it at all.