Alouettes & Blue Bombers on ESPN2

Blue Bombers Look to Get Over .500

The Montreal Alouettes and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be nationally televised by ESPN2 on Thursday night at Investors Group Field. Both teams are coming off narrow losses last week. Tonights game should be a hard-hitting showdown. Both teams show offensive fire-power so this game should be entertaning, to say the least.

Oddsmakers opened the Blue Bombers as -4.5-point favorites versus the Alouettes, while the game's total opened at 55. The line now shows the Bombers as 3.5-point favorites and the total has dropped to 50 points.

The Blue Bombers were a 45-42 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the BC Lions. They covered the +4-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (87) made winners of OVER bettors.

Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols threw for 254 yards with three touchdowns. He also a rushing TD and an interception. Darvin Adams racked up 87 yards and a pair of touchdowns at receiver. It also included a brilliant, one-handed grab in the corner of the end zone.

Linebacker Maurice Leggett will miss his second straight week with a lower-body injury. He was a surprising scratch from the Bombers’ lineup last week against BC. Running back Andrew Harris continues to be a dual threat. The Winnipeg native leads his team in receptions caught through five weeks of play.

The Bombers have won six of their last eight meetings with the Alouettes.

Alouettes' Darian Durant Playing Well

Montreal was a 24-19 loser in its last match on the road against the Ottawa RedBlacks. They failed to cover the +4-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 43 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Darian Durant racked up an impressive 452 passing yards in the loss.  He did this by throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions. Receivers Ernest Jackson and B.J. Cunningham posted 101 receiving yards each. It was also a milestone night for Nik Lewis. He became only the fourth player in CFL history to record 1,000 catches in his career.

The Alouettes will be without receiver Tiquan Underwood. He is out with an ankle injury. Taking his place in the lineup will be 24-year-old Eugene Lewis, who is making his CFL debut. Also out of the lineup is starting running back Tyrell Sutton. The veteran some routine rest but the 30-year-old is dealing with a calf injury.



 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Montreal	2-3	2-3	20.20	21.80	-1.6	1-2	1-1	1-4	1-2	0-2
Winnipeg	2-2	3-1	32.00	34.75	-2.75	1-1	2-0	3-1	1-1	2-0

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
MON	18.75	17.81	0.95
WIN	11.37	11.83	-0.46

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
MON	12.33	10.79	1.54
WIN	10.47	12.46	-1.99

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
MON	5.40	3.49	1.91
WIN	4.81	3.41	1.4

Team Records

Montreal Alouettes

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-3	2-1	0-2	2-3	1-2	1-1	20.20	21.80	-1.60
vs Conf	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	19.00	24.00	-5.00
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	21.67	23.33	-1.66

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-2	1-1	1-1	3-1	1-1	2-0	32.00	34.75	-2.75
vs Conf	1-2	0-1	1-1	2-1	0-1	2-0	31.67	38.00	-6.33
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	28.33	33.00	-4.67

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	20.20	9	34.75	8
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	297.00	6	324.50	6
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	85.50	4	52.50	1
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	32.00	2	21.80	1
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	249.50	9	331.00	7
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	69.50	7	62.00	2

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Montreal	3-7	3-6-1	5-5	23.40	91.80	4.64	34.00	62.06	248.50	343.20	2.60
Winnipeg	7-3	6-3-1	5-5	24.80	87.90	4.63	32.90	62.31	229.70	326.70	2.10

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
Aug 26, 2016	WIN	MON	32-18	80	225	313	2	63	267	346	5
Jun 24, 2016	MON	WIN	22-14	114	332	446	2	108	275	411	1
Sep 20, 2015	WIN	MON	14-35	89	178	293	2	69	181	250	2
Jul 10, 2015	MON	WIN	23-25	116	304	433	3	73	222	324	0
Aug 22, 2014	MON	WIN	16-24	91	280	371	4	96	200	296	2
Jul 11, 2014	WIN	MON	34-33	50	256	306	2	102	309	411	2
Oct 14, 2013	WIN	MON	34-27	98	223	321	1	75	234	309	4
Jul 4, 2013	WIN	MON	19-11	93	257	350	5	40	121	161	3
Jun 27, 2013	MON	WIN	38-33	90	264	354	1	38	258	296	4
Nov 3, 2012	MON	WIN	11-19	158	193	351	0	154	203	357	2

CFL Betting Trends

Montreal Alouettes 2-3
Montreal is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Montreal is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games on the road
Montreal is 2-5-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Winnipeg
Montreal is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Winnipeg
Montreal is 3-6-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2-2
Winnipeg is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Winnipeg is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games
Winnipeg is 4-7-1 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Winnipeg is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games at home
Winnipeg is 12-5-1 ATS in its last 18 games when playing Montreal
Winnipeg is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Montreal
Winnipeg is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal

Team Last 5 Games

Montreal Alouettes

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
Jul 19, 2017	OTT	19-24	L	4/49.5	L/U	65	428	517	44	376	420	4	A
Jul 14, 2017	CAL	30-23	W	4/49.5	W/O	143	284	439	28	370	407	1	H
Jul 6, 2017	BC	16-23	L	3/50	L/U	89	245	334	59	283	347	1	H
Jun 30, 2017	EDM	19-23	L	9/54	W/U	106	166	272	80	286	366	-1	A
Jun 22, 2017	SAS	17-16	W	-7/50.5	L/U	99	233	332	103	292	401	-1	H

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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
Jul 21, 2017	BC	42-45	L	4/54.5	W/O	102	259	374	76	397	480	0	A
Jul 13, 2017	TOR	33-25	W	-3/54.5	W/O	91	245	336	30	324	360	-2	H
Jul 7, 2017	CAL	10-29	L	3.5/58.5	L/U	48	254	315	75	325	407	1	H
Jul 1, 2017	SAS	43-40	W	1.5/50.5	W/O	96	299	430	20	362	397	-2	A
Nov 13, 2016	BC	31-32	L	5/55.5	W/O	69	390	459	193	312	522	-2	A

Weather in
Winnipeg - Canada

 80°F

Mostly Sunny
Humidity is 49%
Wind is West 2 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Winnipeg

Next up:
Montreal home to Toronto Friday, August 11
Winnipeg at Ottawa Friday, August 4

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