The Montreal Alouettes and BC Lions have opened as favourites for the CFL's Division Semifinals.
The Alouettes are set to host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the second straight week, having picked up a narrow 22-20 win on Saturday.
The Alouettes open as 3.5-point favourites this Saturday, according to FanDuel, as they look to book their ticket to Toronto for the Eastern Final for the second straight year.
Watch the Tiger-Cats take on the Alouettes LIVE Saturday on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App at 3pm et/Noon pt.
Montreal earned a 28-17 win over the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton in last year's playoffs.
This season, the Alouettes went 3-0 against Hamilton, picking up a 38-12 win on June 23, a 27-14 victory on Aug. 5, and their latest win in Week 21.
Montreal enters the postseason on a five-game win streak after a stretch of four straight losses. The Alouettes closed the season with an 11-7 record, while the Tiger-Cats finished at 8-10.
Hamilton enters the playoffs on a two-game losing skid following a stretch of four wins in five games to lock in their spot in Saturday's division semifinal.
The Tiger-Cats have not yet named their starting quarterback for Saturday after Bo Levi Mitchell, Matthew Shiltz and Taylor Powell all saw time as the starter this season.
Mitchell completed five of 10 passes for 53 yards against the Alouettes last week before being subbed out for Powell, who completed 10 of 19 passes for 106 yards and two interceptions.
Lions favoured over Stampeders
The Lions enter Saturday's game after losing a late-season battle with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the West's top seed.
The Calgary Stampeders, meanwhile, punched their ticket to the playoffs in Week 20, extending their postseason streak to 18 straight years.
B.C. finished the season at 12-6, two wins behind the Blue Bombers for first in the West, but well ahead of the 6-12 Stampeders for third.
The Lions picked up double-digit wins over the Stampeders in June and August before suffering a blowout 41-16 loss on Oct. 20, their final game of the season.
B.C. enters Saturday's West Division Semifinal as a 6.5-point favourite, per FanDuel.
Watch Stampeders vs. Lions LIVE Saturday on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App at 6:30pm et/3:30pm pt.
The Stampeders enter the playoffs with just three wins in their final eight games. Those wins, however, were enough to earn a tiebreak over Saskatchewan Roughriders, who lost their final seven games.
