Calgary @ Saskatchewan preview

Last Meeting ( Jun 8, 2018 ) Calgary 39, Saskatchewan 12

The visiting Calgary Stampeders put their perfect record on the line when they take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday. The Stampeders cruised to a 25-8 victory against the Montreal Alouettes last week to improve to 5-0 and hope to extend their lead at the top of the West Division by knocking off the Roughriders in Regina for the fifth consecutive time.

Calgary's first five wins have come against East Division opponents and hopes its stifling defence, which has given up a league-best 9.2 points per game, shuts down Saskatchewan en route to its first 6-0 start since 1995. The Roughriders are growing in confidence following an impressive 31-20 road victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Week 6. Saskatchewan swept the season series with Hamilton for the second time in as many years and hopes to ride the momentum to back-to-back wins against Calgary after ending a 10-game losing skid to the Stampeders with a 30-7 victory Oct. 20, 2017. "I see our offence starting to roll right now and people are finding a rhythm," Roughriders quarterback Brandon Bridge told reporters. "They're (Calgary) not anyone that we should be afraid of so we're going to do our game plan and let the chips fall wherever they may."

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ABOUT THE STAMPEDERS (5-0): Bo Levi Mitchell showed no ill effects from the knee injury he suffered July 12 against the Ottawa Redblacks as he threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Montreal. "It's not something that's going to linger on too much longer," Mitchell told reporters. "It's all pain management and we're all athletes so we can deal with the pain." Defensive back Tunde Adeleke returned to practice after missing the previous three games with an injury sustained from a collision with some advertising boards on the sidelines and could recover in time for Saturday's contest while defensive end Cordarro Law is questionable after undergoing tests on his ankle.

ABOUT THE ROUGHRIDERS (3-2): Linebacker Derrick Moncrief suffered a shoulder injury in the second quarter against Hamilton and was placed on the six-game injured list. Charleston Hughes, who spent the previous 10 seasons with the Stampeders, recorded his league-leading sixth sack against the Alouettes to move him into a tie with Rodney Harding (105) for 10th place on the CFL's all-time list. Saskatchewan added former University of Michigan linebacker Thomas Gordon to the practice squad along with defensive back Will Blackmon, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in 2011.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Calgary has forced a CFL-best 19 turnovers.

2. Saskatchewan RB Marcus Thigpen has touchdowns runs of 34 and 80 yards in his last two games.

3. Mitchell is tied for the league lead in touchdown passes (nine).

PREDICTION: Roughriders 25, Stampeders 24