By Cole Gallagher / July 20, 2026
CFL Week 8 · Jul 23, 2026 · Mosaic Stadium, Regina · 9:00 PM ET
🏈 Edmonton Elks at Saskatchewan Roughriders 🏈
Odds at Betway
Edmonton at Saskatchewan is set for Thursday, July 23 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, with a 9:00 PM ET kickoff. Edmonton improved to 5-1 with a 19-17 win over BC in Week 7, its defence leading the entire CFL with 20 takeaways through six games. Saskatchewan sat Week 7 out on the bye after blowing out Hamilton 38-7 in Week 6, and enters half a game back in a West Division race that has these two teams clear of the field. It is the first of three meetings between them this season. Here is the full world cup betting homepage breakdown of the CFL slate, with every prediction we have live this week.
Odds Comparison
| Sportsbook | Edmonton | Saskatchewan |
| Sports Interaction | Not yet posted | Not yet posted |
| Betovo | Not yet posted | Not yet posted |
| Bet365 | Not yet posted | Not yet posted |
| Tonybet | Not yet posted | Not yet posted |
| Betway | 2.50 | 1.53 |
Point Spread
Saskatchewan -4.0 1.91 · Edmonton +4.0 1.91
Total Points
Over 58.0 1.90 · Under 58.0 1.90
Team Analysis
Edmonton Elks
Twenty takeaways in six games is a league-leading pace, full stop. That unit has covered for an offence that grinds rather than explodes, and it has been enough to get Edmonton to 5-1. The Week 7 win over BC was close throughout, which fits who Edmonton has been all year: defence-first, opportunistic, comfortable in one-score games. Cody Fajardo runs the offence and has leaned on the ground game and short-to-intermediate throws rather than pushing the ball downfield.
Road trips to Regina have historically been hard on visiting teams, and Saskatchewan gets this one fully rested off the bye.
Starting QB: Cody Fajardo
Saskatchewan Roughriders
The bye came at the right time. Saskatchewan was already rolling before it, and a 38-7 win over Hamilton in Week 6 is the kind of scoreline that says a team is peaking, not surviving. Trevor Harris, last year’s Grey Cup MVP, is locked in as the starter and gives Saskatchewan the steadiest quarterback play in the West.
A rested divisional contender at home against a team that played a physical road game a week ago is exactly the spot Saskatchewan wants.
Starting QB: Trevor Harris
Key Betting Angles
Rest is the whole story in this one. Edmonton’s defence has been the league’s best by takeaways, but that unit played a physical, low-margin road game in Week 7 while Saskatchewan sat idle. Home teams off a bye against a team on a short week cover more often than not in this league.
Edmonton’s takeaway machine can flip this if it forces a couple of turnovers early, and this West Division series has trended tight rather than lopsided in either direction, so we are not reaching for a blowout number here.
We are tracking every CFL matchup this week, with odds, injury notes and our picks, over on the world cup betting homepage as kickoff approaches.
A 58.0 total is notably high for a CFL total, which tells you the market expects both offences to move the ball even if neither side plays a fast pace.
Our Prediction
Cole’s Pick: Saskatchewan to win, and to cover -4.0
Rest is the whole story here. Edmonton’s defence has been the league’s best by takeaways, but that unit played a physical, low-margin road game a week ago while Saskatchewan sat idle. Home teams off a bye against a team on a short week cover more often than not in this league.
Edmonton’s takeaway machine can flip this if it forces a couple of turnovers early, and this West Division series has trended tight rather than lopsided in either direction, so we are not chasing a blowout score here.
Confidence on Saskatchewan to win: medium. Confidence on Saskatchewan to cover -4.0: medium.
Best Bets
Value Bet
Saskatchewan -4.0
1.91, best available at time of writing
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Cole Gallagher covers soccer betting for WorldCupBetting.ca, specialising in match predictions, odds analysis and tournament futures. Based in Toronto, he has followed the Canadian men’s national team since their 2022 qualifying campaign and brings a line-shopping, data-first approach to every pick.