Toronto Argonauts vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 7/1/19 CFL Odds and Pick

CFL action continues he Toronto Argonauts visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders on 07/01/19 at the Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The Argos dropped their first assignment of the season, losing to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in their season opener at BMO Field. Head coach Corey Chamblin returns to Saskatchewan as a bench boss but for Toronto. The Riders were close to a win last week but are also winless at 0-2. Saskatchewan put on 41 points last week but lost to Ottawa in a shootout.

For Toronto, James Franklin has completed 61.5% of his passes and has thrown for 211 yards with one interception. Derek Walker has four catches for the Argos while Armanti Edwards and Levi Noel have caught a total of 144 yards with one score. James Wilder Jr ran for 12 yards on six carries against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On defense, the Argonauts gave up 64 points and 604 yards in their opener. Trumaine Washington had five tackles and Abdul Kanneh had one interception. Toronto has not won on the road since November 2017.

Saskatchewan also has opened its season on the wrong foot. The Roughriders have lost their first two games of the season but are heavy football betting favorites to win here. Cody Fajardo has thrown for a total of 426 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions while completing 70.5% of his passes. Shaquelle Evans and Kyran Moore have combined for a total of 298 receiving yards with one touchdown. KD Cannon has six receptions to lead the Riders. William Powell has rushed for 149 yards with two scores. Saskatchewan has allowed their opponents to score 33.5 points per game and 339.5 yards per contest. Derrick Moncrief has a total of 12 tackles on the season while Charleston Hughes has two sacks. The Riders have won four out of their last five games at home.

Who Wins?

Toronto is 1-10 SU in their last 10 games played and the Argonauts are 0-5 SU in their last five games played on the road. Saskatchewan is 2-4 SU in their last six games played but are 4-2 SU in their last six games played at home. Head to head, the Roughriders are 6-4 SU in their last 10 meetings against Toronto.

The Argonauts were awful last season and although they have played just one game so far this year, they didn’t look good and it didn’t look like they’ve changed much from last year. The Roughriders are 0-2 on the season but have won four out of their last five at home. They aren’t playing like elites but for sure, they’ve looked better than the Argonauts. I’ll take the home team which has been playing well at their place against a woeful opponent. I’m picking the Saskatchewan Roughriders to beat the Toronto Argonauts on 7/1/19.

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The Argonauts are 0-5 ATS in their last five games played. Toronto is 1-6 ATS in their last seven games on the road. Toronto is also just 2-5 ATS in their last five games played in July. The Roughriders are 4-2 ATS in their last six games played at home, 4-2 ATS in their last six games against Toronto but are just 4-8-1 ATS in their last 13 home games against the Argonauts. Saskatchewan is 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games after a straight up loss.

Three out of Toronto’s last four losses have been by double digits while the Roughriders’ last five games, win or lose, was decided by 9 or fewer points. The last four head to head meetings between these teams were won by 8 points or fewer and on the average, Saskatchewan is only outscoring Toronto by 4.6 points per game in their last 10 meetings. I don’t think Toronto wins but I think 11.5 may be too much and they should be able to cover the spread. I’ll take the plus points here. Prediction: Argonauts +11.5

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The total has gone over in 7 out of Toronto’s last 10 games played. The over is also 8-3 in the Roughriders’ last 11 games played in July and the under is 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.

Toronto has allowed 30 or more points per game in seven out of their last 10 games played. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan is coming off a shootout against Ottawa where the two teams combined to score 85 points. These two also combined for 59 points in their last meeting in September of last year. These teams have combined to score 53.8 points per game in their last 10 meetings. With the way the Argonauts have been playing defense, I have to go with the over. Prediction: Over 53

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