The British Columbia Lions and the Ottawa RedBlacks will be jockeying
for playoff position when they battle at TD Place Stadium. The Thursday
night primetime game, televised by ESPN, Ottawa is a 1/3 game ahead of
the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the Eastern Conference, while BC is two games
back of the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Conference.
Oddsmakers currently have the RedBlacks listed as 2½-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game's total is sitting at 56½.
Last time out for Ottawa, they were a 43-19 loser as they battled the
Alouettes at home. The RedBlacks failed to cover in the match as a
-8.5-point favorite, while 62 combined points moved the game OVER for
totals bettors.
In their last action, British Columbia was a 37-9 loser at home against
the Stampeders. They failed to cover the -2.5-point spread as favorites,
while the combined score (46) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
British Columbia:
Team record: 5-3 SU,6-2 ATS
British Columbia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of British Columbia's last 5 games
British Columbia is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Ottawa:
Team record: 4-3-1 SU,3-5 ATS
Ottawa is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Ottawa is 2-3-1 SU in its last 6 games
Ottawa is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
British Columbia at Toronto Wednesday, August 31
Ottawa at Montreal Thursday, September 1
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