Blue Bombers vs. Alouettes Prediction: CFL East Division Semifinals Point Spread, Odds
The CFL playoffs begin early Saturday afternoon with the Eastern Semi-Final as Winnipeg visits Montreal; they play for the second week in a row but different city.
This time, the Alouettes are -5.5 on the CFL odds with a total of 49.5 points.
CFL Odds and Betting
Winnipeg at Montreal is the Eastern Semi-Final with a 2 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday, followed by the Western Semi-Final featuring Calgary at B.C. Hamilton awaits on Nov. 8 in the Eastern Final, and Saskatchewan also does that day in the West Final. The Roughriders were the best team during the regular season and are +190 favourites to capture the Grey Cup.
Montreal is a +340 third-favourite to win a championship for the first time since 2023 when it beat Winnipeg 28-24 in Hamilton. The Blue Bombers are trying for a sixth straight trip to the Grey Cup – losing the past three after winning the first two – and are +1000 fifth favourites to win it. They are hosting the Grey Cup this year. For this matchup, Winnipeg is crossing over to the East Division bracket for the first time in franchise history. In fact, it’s the first crossover since the 2019 season when Edmonton crossed over into the East and eventually lost to Hamilton in the Eastern Final.
The Blue Bombers swept the 2025 regular-season series (2-0 ATS, and the under hit in both) vs. Montreal and have taken the past three overall in the series. It’s the third all-time playoff matchup between the franchises but prior to that 2023 game, they hadn’t met in the post-season in many years.
Overall, Winnipeg is 6-4 in the past 10 meetings (including the 2023 playoff game), but they have split ATS. The over-under is 4-5-1.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
While the Blue Bombers finished with the same 10-8 regular season record as Montreal, they finished fourth in the much better West Division and thus the crossover. Winnipeg rested most starters for last week’s 19-10 win over Montreal in the home finale with little to potentially improve seeding-wise.
Alas, football is a contact game and backup QB Chris Streveler injured his leg early in the first quarter and was unable to return. His availability remains unclear, but it doesn’t sound good. Streveler also tore three of the four major ligaments in his left knee in the Banjo Bowl against Saskatchewan last September.
Streveler dressed for 17 games this season, completing 92 of 144 pass attempts for 1,090 yards, six touchdowns and 11 interceptions while rushing for 301 yards and nine scores.
Third-stringer Frank Wilson led the finale win over Montreal and would be promoted to No. 2 behind Zach Collaros, who was among those resting last week. The 37-year-old threw 3,048 yards, 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in 13 games this year. He’s 7-1 career as starting QB in the playoffs. The Blue Bombers haven’t played on the road in the playoffs since 2019, when they won the Grey Cup.
Montreal Alouettes
Montreal only had something to play for in the regular-season finale last Saturday in Winnipeg had Hamilton lost on Friday night to give the Als a shot at the East Division title. But the Ticats rolled, so the Blue Bombers game was meaningless and Montreal essentially played that way in a 19-10 loss.
Star QB Davis Alexander was among those who sat with backup McLeod Bethel-Thompson completing 17 of 34 passing for 182 yards and a pick. If Bethel-Thompson sees the field Saturday for an extended period, things likely either went really well for Montreal (leading big) or poorly (Alexander got injured).
Alexander is 11-0 in his regular-season career a starter, the best mark in league history by a quarterback to begin his CFL career. He was 7-0 this year, obviously missing both Winnipeg games, but missed several games with a hamstring injury.
Alexander has never started a playoff game. Montreal went 3-8 in games he didn’t start this season using a trio of guys including Bethel-Thompson.
Turnovers are even bigger in the playoffs, and the Alouettes led finished the regular season with the most forced fumbles (17) and tied for most fumble recoveries (12), finishing the year +8 in turnover margin. Winnipeg finished -11.
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