Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes 9/23/22 - CFL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 09/20/2022 at 10:35 AM ET
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats look for their fifth win of the season on Friday when visiting the Montreal Alouettes. Hamilton is 4-9 and third in the East division following a 48-31 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last Saturday. Dane Evans passed for 327 yards with five touchdowns to lead Hamilton's offensive attack. Felix Garand-Gauthier is the leading receiver with 66 yards and Tim White caught a pair of touchdown passes.
Dane Evans has passed for 2,800 yards with 15 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. The leading rusher for Hamilton is Don Jackson with 272 yards and one touchdown, while the leading receiver is Tim White with 878 yards and seven touchdown receptions. Hamilton is scoring an average of 23.0 points per game which is seventh in the CFL and is allowing an average of 27.8 points per game which is next to last.
Montreal looks to inch closer to first place in the East division with a victory when hosting Hamilton on Friday. Montreal is 5-7 and second behind Toronto in the division. The Alouettes defeated the BC Lions 31-10 on September 9th and had a bye last week. In the victory over BC, Trevor Harris passed for 163 yards with one touchdown and one interception, while Reggie White Jr. was the leading receiver with 58 yards.
Montreal quarterback Trevor Harris has passed for 2,741 yards with 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. The leading rusher is Jeshrun Antwi with 487 yards, while the leading receiver is Eugene Lewis with 954 yards and five touchdown receptions. Montreal is scoring an average of 26.3 points per game which is fourth in the CFL and the Alouettes are allowing an average of 26.8 points per game which is seventh.
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Montreal will pick up a victory at home after having nearly two weeks to prepare for this matchup against Hamilton, but the play here is OVER. The OVER has cashed in five of the last six played between the two in Montreal. Hamilton is coming off a game in which the Tiger-Cats scored 48 points versus Winnipeg. When Hamilton last played Montreal on August 20, the two combined to score 57 points. Final Score Prediction, Montreal Alouettes win but our best play is OVER 33-27.