Kickoff: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. EDT
Line: Montreal -5, Total: 57

 Montreal will get a great shot at payback on Sunday when it faces the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the second half of a home-and-home series. Less than a week ago on Monday, Hamilton put a hurting on the Alouettes in a 44-21 victory.

 Hamilton has had problems on the road this year going 1-3 SU (2-2 ATS) and scoring just 24.0 PPG compared to 32.8 PPG at home. The Tiger-Cats defense also has suffered away from home, allowing 30.3 PPG and 416.7 YPG. The Alouettes, on the other hand, are 3-1 SU (2-2 ATS) at home and their defense is substantially better in Montreal, allowing only 18.5 PPG compared to a horrid 32.8 on the road. The Alouettes are 73-32 (70%) since 1996 when revenging a same-season loss versus an opponent, off an upset loss as a favorite. Montreal also has handled Hamilton well, going 33-18 SU overall (65%) and 21-6 SU at home (78%) against the Tiger-Cats since 1996. Expect MONTREAL to bounce back on Sunday and take down Hamilton by at least a touchdown.

 The FoxSheets provide a four-star coaching trend siding with the Alouettes.

Marc Trestman is 11-1 ATS (91.7%, +9.9 Units) in home games after 1 or more consecutive losses against the spread as the coach of MONTREAL. The average score was MONTREAL 38.9, OPPONENT 14.8 - (Rating = 4*).

Hamilton had a dreadful 1-3 start but has won four of five and looks to gain sole possession of second place. The Tiger-Cats had both the running and passing game going last week against Montreal.  Running back Avon Cobourne rushed for 102 yards and two touchdown as quarterback Kevin Glenn went 14-of-18 for 237 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions.

 Montreal’s quarterback Anthony Calvillo had a bad game according to his standards, connecting on 17-of-30 passes for 215 yards and no touchdowns on Monday. Calvillo’s favorite target was Jamel Richardson, who caught 10 passes for 199 yards. Some of Richardson’s yards were in part to back-up quarterback Adrian McPherson who went 7-of-12 for 92 yards. Richardson has recorded 100 yards in five games this year, including a current run of three straight games. The Alouettes also have the top running back in the CFL in Brandon Whitaker who has rushed for 670 yards on just 102 carries. Whitaker was not able to get anything going last week against Hamilton, rushing for only 56 yards on eight carries. Montreal needs to get Whitaker off and running on Sunday to get its high-powered offense going.