The Ottawa Redblacks and Saskatchewan Roughriders meet Sunday in CFL action at Mosaic Stadium. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Ottawa Redblacks Betting Preview
The Ottawa Redblacks look for a second road win to get back to a .500 record. The Redblacks are 1-2 SU on the road this season. Dustin Crum is completing 66.7 percent of his passes for 825 yards, 2 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Justin Hardy and Jaelon Acklin have combined for 664 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Nate Behar has 31 receptions. The Ottawa Redblacks ground game is averaging 131.3 yards per contest, and Crum leads the way with 346 yards and 3 touchdowns. Defensively, Ottawa is allowing 22.6 points and 377.4 yards per game. Frankie Griffin leads the Ottawa Redblacks with 38 tackles, Bryce Carter has 5 sacks and Brandin Dandridge has 4 interceptions.
Saskatchewan Roughriders Betting Preview
The Saskatchewan Roughriders look for a win to snap a 3-game losing streak. The Roughriders have lost 11 of their last 14 regular season games overall. Trevor Harris is completing 67.1 percent of his passes for 1,274 yards, 6 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Tevin Jones and Shawn Bane Jr. have combined for 1,075 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns, while Samuel Emilus has 24 receptions. The Saskatchewan Roughriders ground game is averaging 86.3 yards per contest, and Jamal Morrow leads the way with 374 yards on 84 attempts. Defensively, Saskatchewan is allowing 25.4 points and 329.3 yards per game. Larry Dean leads the Saskatchewan Roughriders with 46 tackles, Pete Robertson has 4 sacks and Nick Marshall has 3 interceptions.
Trends
The RedBlacks are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games in August and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 road games. The Roughriders are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The under is 6-2 in RedBlacks last 8 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Roughriders last 5 home games. The RedBlacks are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 meetings.
Randy’s Pick
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are probably better than what this 3-game stretch shows, but it hasn’t been pretty, and they can’t score points despite being second in total offense. The Ottawa Redblacks are simply playing the better ball right now, and they’re easy to trust on the road given that they’re first in both run offense and run defense. Ottawa can control the game on the ground. I like Ottawa to get its first win over Saskatchewan in over 3 years. I’ll lay the reasonable chalk.