The 9-1 Alouettes roll into Winnipeg riding a five-game win streak and looking to keep their perfect road-trip mojo going against a Bombers team that just can’t find its footing.<\/p>\n
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Montreal Alouettes<\/a> at Winnipeg Blue Bombers<\/a><\/p>\n WhenFriday, August 28 at 8:30 PM ET Montreal has been unstoppable, putting up 23 touchdowns on 61 possessions over its last five games and averaging 42.7 points across the last three. Winnipeg has dropped to 5-5 with a loss to Edmonton last week and has been leaky on offense, but its defense still ranks first in the league in passing yards allowed (268.8 per game) and completion percentage against (65.8). History says this could get weird \u2014 the Bombers have won 12 of the last 16 meetings between these clubs, including a sweep last season, even though Montreal enters as heavy favorites and riding an 8-2 ATS record this year.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Davis Alexander<\/a> (Montreal Alouettes, QB) \u2014 Has never started against Winnipeg, but he’s been lights out lately with 10 total touchdowns in his last three games. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Brady Oliveira (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, RB) \u2014 Questionable, ankle. Pick: Montreal Alouettes 34-23. The Als have covered eight of ten games this season and the over has hit in seven of their last nine \u2014 with Oliveira banged up and Winnipeg’s offense already sputtering, there’s no reason to expect Montreal’s roll to stop here.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Montreal Alouettes91367263 Quick Hits<\/p>\n Montreal placed Stevie Scott III on six-game injury and activated Justin Lawrence, while Braydon Noll got shipped to the reserve roster ahead of this game. Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n Who wins this week? Drop your picks in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 9-1 Alouettes roll into Winnipeg riding a five-game win streak and looking to keep their perfect road-trip…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-874709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWherePrincess Auto Stadium, Winnipeg
\nTVTSN, CBS Sports Network
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineMontreal Alouettes -6 | O\/U 60<\/p>\n
\nTyson Philpot (Montreal Alouettes, WR) \u2014 Five touchdowns in his last two games and the league leader with 1,229 receiving yards on the year.
\nBrady Oliveira (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, RB) \u2014 Posted his fourth 100-yard game last week, but he’s questionable with an ankle injury and Winnipeg badly needs him on the field to control the clock.<\/p>\n
\nStevie Scott III (Montreal Alouettes, RB) \u2014 Out, hamstring, has been moved to six-game injured reserve.
\nNic Demski (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, WR) \u2014 Questionable, ankle; he’s 72 receiving yards from becoming the 15th Canadian to hit 7,000 for his career.
\nDeatrick Nichols (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, DB) \u2014 Questionable, ankle.<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton Elks83323279
\nSaskatchewan Roughriders64309271
\nBC Lions<\/a>55274267
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers55256286
\nToronto Argonauts55304311
\nCalgary Stampeders<\/a>46378327
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats47257319
\nOttawa Redblacks010223368<\/p>\n
\nWinnipeg added linebacker Kyahva Tezino to the practice roster and cut Ayo Oyelola loose this week, minor tweaks as the Bombers try to steady the ship.
\nFantasy managers should be all over Tyson Philpot this week \u2014 he’s got five touchdowns in his last two outings and Winnipeg’s secondary hasn’t faced an offense humming like Montreal’s.
\nA win Friday moves Jason Maas into a tie with Marv Levy for fourth all-time in Alouettes coaching victories, while Willie Jefferson sits one pass knockdown away from joining an exclusive club of just three players in franchise history to hit the century mark.<\/p>\n