BC Lions Host Edmonton on CFL Thursday Night Football

BC Lions Need a Win to Try to Keep Pace in West

The fans at BC Place see the Edmonton Eskimos and the British Columbia Lions in CFL Week 9 action on Thursday. Kickoff is at 10 p.m. ET and can be seen on TSN and ESPN2.

Oddsmakers Eskimos as 3.5-point favorites. They total is sitting at 54.

The Eskimos are riding a three-game win streak heading into their bout with the Leos at BC Place.

BC Lions Look to Climb out of the Cellar

The Lions are 2-4 this season. They are not off to the most promising start. They currently sit last place in the West.

The Lions turned to Travis Lulay after starter Jonathon Jennings struggled last week. The Lions lost the Calgary 27-18. The Lions got behind early, trailing by 14 at the half, and never recovered.

They are looking to Jennings to help turn their slow start to the season around.

Lulay completed 25-of-39 passes in the loss. He threw for 281 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Bryan Burnham was on the receiving end of the lone passing major. He finished the game with a team-high 76 yards.

Running back Jeremiah Johnson will be watching the game from the sidelines. This is after re-aggravating an ankle injury in the Lions loss to the Stamps. Travon Van will line up as the starter on Thursday.

The Lions’ defense will have to keep a dynamic Reilly contained if they hope to pick up a win. The Eskimos are averaging a league-best 342 yards per game on offense. The Lions defense is giving up 418 yards per game. That is the second-worst to only the Montreal Alouettes.

Eskimos are Trying to Keep Pace Atop the West

Edmonton came out on top of a back-and-forth tilt with the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week. They captured a 26-19 victory at Commonwealth Stadium.

Quarterback Mike Reilly threw for 257 yards, one touchdown pass, and one touchdown run. Heran into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with less than three minutes to go.

Reilly’s go-to target of the night was Derel Walker. He hauled in six catches for 154 yards and a touchdown. Running back C.J. Gable also added to the offense. He rushed for 81 yards and a major on 14 carries.

The Eskimos are 5-2. They will need to keep on winning if they hope to keep pace with the undefeated Calgary Stampeders The Stampeders are 7-0.

Edmonton has won four straight games the Eskimoss have beaten the Lions. BC’s last win at home over Edmonton came on Oct. 22, 2016.

Mike Reilly is leading the league in passing touchdowns with 14. The 33-year-old has thrown 131 touchdown passes and 72 interceptions in his career. That is a ratio of 1.82 to 1.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Edmonton	5-2	3-4	28.29	23.86	4.43	2-2	1-2	4-3	2-2	2-1
British Columbia	2-4	4-2	21.00	27.50	-6.5	2-0	2-2	3-3	0-2	3-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
EDM	15.27	15.39	-0.12
BC	16.48	15.2	1.28

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
EDM	14.19	12.68	1.51
BC	11.24	12.95	-1.71

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
EDM	4.69	5.76	-1.07
BC	4.88	5.26	-0.38

Team Records

Edmonton Eskimos

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-2	3-1	2-1	3-4	2-2	1-2	28.29	23.86	4.43
vs Conf	3-0	2-0	1-0	2-1	2-0	0-1	33.33	23.67	9.66
Last 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	28.67	19.00	9.67

BC Lions

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-4	2-0	0-4	4-2	2-0	2-2	21.00	27.50	-6.50
vs Conf	1-3	1-0	0-3	2-2	1-0	1-2	19.75	31.50	-11.75
Last 3	1-2	1-0	0-2	3-0	1-0	2-0	21.00	24.33	-3.33

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	28.29	3	27.50	7
Awy Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	395.67	1	231.00	2
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	77.67	8	132.50	7
H Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	21.00	7	23.86	4
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	253.00	5	182.67	2
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	95.00	5	138.00	9

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Edmonton	8-2	6-4	6-4	31.00	123.90	5.27	33.90	70.50	305.00	438.10	1.80
British Columbia	2-8	4-6	6-4	23.40	88.90	4.78	29.10	63.57	210.10	317.40	1.40

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Jun 29, 2018	BC	EDM	22-41	120	180	319	1	191	320	517	3
Oct 21, 2017	EDM	BC	35-29	67	388	464	1	56	185	268	0
Jul 28, 2017	BC	EDM	26-37	94	225	353	2	53	409	465	2
Jun 24, 2017	EDM	BC	30-27	105	309	420	1	130	225	394	1
Oct 22, 2016	EDM	BC	25-32	86	250	347	1	164	254	437	0
Sep 23, 2016	BCLions	EDM	23-27	69	265	347	2	137	278	437	1
Oct 17, 2015	BC	EDM	23-26	25	219	254	3	158	323	490	4
Sep 26, 2015	BC	EDM	23-29	37	261	318	2	95	201	314	1
Aug 6, 2015	EDM	BC	23-26	106	254	368	2	128	192	323	2
Nov 1, 2014	BC	EDM	3-37	66	95	161	1	241	318	559	2

CFL Betting Odds & Trends

Edmonton Eskimos
Eskimos is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games
Edmonton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games
Edmonton is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Edmonton is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Edmonton's last 11 games on the road
Edmonton is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing British Columbia
Edmonton is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing British Columbia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games when playing British Columbia
Edmonton is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against British Columbia
Edmonton is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against British Columbia

British Columbia Lions
BC is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
British Columbia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of British Columbia's last 9 games
British Columbia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
BC is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
British Columbia is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Edmonton
British Columbia is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 6 of British Columbia's last 9 games when playing Edmonton
British Columbia is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing at home against Edmonton
British Columbia is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Edmonton

Team Last 5 Games

Edmonton Eskimos

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Aug 2, 2018	SAS	26-19	W	-6.5/52.5	W/U	106	232	363	90	261	351	1	H
Jul 26, 2018	MON	44-23	W	-10/48	W/O	98	415	513	132	171	349	-1	A
Jul 13, 2018	TOR	16-15	W	-9.5/54	L/U	112	253	370	50	284	346	0	H
Jul 7, 2018	TOR	17-20	L	-3/55.5	L/U	56	370	426	145	208	362	1	A
Jun 29, 2018	BC	41-22	W	-6.5/55.5	W/O	191	320	517	120	180	319	2	H

BC Lions

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Aug 4, 2018	CAL	18-27	L	12.5/49.5	W/U	54	281	335	72	366	442	1	A
Jul 20, 2018	OTT	25-29	L	7/53	W/O	119	325	444	67	355	430	1	A
Jul 14, 2018	WIN	20-17	W	4.5/55	W/U	73	324	399	187	203	401	-2	H
Jul 7, 2018	WIN	19-41	L	6.5/55.5	L/O	107	158	280	152	207	359	3	A
Jun 29, 2018	EDM	22-41	L	6.5/55.5	L/O	120	180	319	191	320	517	-2	A

Next up:
Edmonton home to Montreal Saturday, August 18
British Columbia at Toronto Saturday, August 18

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