Ottawa Redblacks vs Montreal Alouettes 7/21/22 CFL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Montreal Alouettes and Ottawa Redblacks meet Thursday in week 7 CFL action at TD Place Stadium. The Montreal Alouettes need a win to rebound from a rough 1-4 start. The Ottawa Redblacks need a win to bounce back from an 0-5 start.

The Montreal Alouettes have lost 7 of their last 9 regular season games. Trevor Harris is completing 68.3 percent of his passes for 971 yards, 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Eugene Lewis and Reggie White Jr. have combined for 662 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Kaion Julien-Grant has 8 receptions. The Montreal Alouettes ground game is averaging 88 yards per contest, and Jeshrun Antwi leads the way with 218 yards on 35 carries. Defensively, Montreal is allowing 27.2 points and 352.4 yards per game. Wes Sutton leads the Montreal Alouettes with 26 tackles, Michael Wakefield has 3 sacks and Darius Williams has 2 interceptions.

The Ottawa Redblacks have lost 11 of their last 12 regular season games. Jeremiah Masoli is completing 66.7 percent of his passes for 1,083 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Jaelon Acklin and Nathaniel Behar have combined for 649 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns, while Darvin Adams has 14 receptions. The Ottawa Redblacks ground game is averaging 81.6 yards per contest, and William Powell leads the way with 141 yards and 1 touchdown. Defensively, Ottawa is allowing 25 points and 401.6 yards per game. Avery Williams leads the Ottawa Redblacks with 27 tackles, Lorenzo Mauldin has 5 sacks and Monshadrik Hunter has 3 interceptions.

The Alouettes are 20-8 ATS in their last 28 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games. The RedBlacks are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 home games and 8-21 ATS in their last 29 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Alouettes last 5 games overall. The under is 9-2 in RedBlacks last 11 games overall. The Alouettes are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 meetings in Ottawa.

The Montreal Alouettes are going to get the benefit of the doubt here because they’ve actually won a game this season, and they’ve won 6 of the last 8 meetings against the Redblacks. However, neither of these teams have played well up to this point, and to be fair, the Redblacks did take the Tiger-Cats down to the wire last week. Outside of pass defense, Montreal is below average in everything else, so I’m not running to the window to back them in the favorite role on the road. If the Redblacks are going to win a game anytime soon, this would be it. It’s the home dog or pass for me.