CFL Betting Notes - Week 14
David Schwab

The Saskatchewan Roughriders got back to their winning ways last Friday with 27-19 victory against Hamilton as three-point road favorites to kickoff action in Week 13 of the CFL season.

In the first of two games on Saturday, Toronto successfully defended its home turf as a four-point underdog in a 34-26 win over Edmonton. It was the Eskimos fifth straight-up loss in a row.

Calgary extended its current SU winning streak to eight games with Saturday’s 27-13 victory against British Columbia as a nine-point home favorite. The weekend’s betting action came to a close on Sunday with Ottawa hammering Montreal 29-11 in a game that closed as a PICK.

Saturday, Sept. 23

Montreal Alouettes (3-9 SU, 4-8 ATS) vs. Toronto Argonauts (5-7 SU, 4-8 ATS)
Point-spread: Toronto -5.5
Total: 47

Game Overview

Montreal will be looking to stop a five-game losing streak (SU and ATS) that started with a 38-6 loss to Toronto as a 1 ½-point road underdog on Aug. 19. The total has stayed UNDER in three of the five games behind an offense that has averaged just 14 points in those five losses. The Alouettes are averaging 19.3 points per game on the year. Drew Willy got the start at quarterback last week and he threw for just 83 yards to match the team’s 83 yards on the ground.

Toronto stayed within a half game of Ottawa for the lead in the East Division with last week’s win. The victory against Edmonton was just its second in its last seven games both SU and ATS including a 21-9 loss to Montreal on Aug. 11 as an eight-point road underdog in the first game of that home-and-home series. The Argonauts are averaging 23.8 PPG behind Ricky Ray at quarterback and their defense is allowing an average of 25.3 points a game.

Betting Trends

-- The home team is 4-0 both SU and ATS in the last four meetings and the total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in nine of the last 10 games between these two bitter East Division rivals.