Tiger-Cats vs. Lions Prediction, Odds & CFL Best Bets: July 27

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats shoot for their fifth straight win when they visit the BC Lions in the CFL’s Week 8 finale. Where does the betting value lie in this one?

Matt Jacob

Last Updated: July 27, 2025 7:00 AM EDT • 4 minute read

Tiger-Cats vs. Lions Prediction, Odds & CFL Best Bet: July 27 — Pictured: Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Shemar Bridges will look to help his team to the strong performance we expect with our Tigers-Cats vs. Lions prediction. Photo by John E. Sokolowski via Imagn Images.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and BC Lions put a bow on Week 8 of the CFL season when they hook up tonight at 7 p.m. ET at BC Place (TSN/CFL+). Which way are we leaning with our Tiger-Cats vs. Lions prediction? Well, we’re backing the squad that’s among the top four favorites in the Grey Cup odds market.

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✅ Moneyline pick: Tiger-Cats moneyline (+130 via Caesars) ⭐⭐⭐
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✅ Over/Under pick: Over 55 (-108 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐

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Hamilton carries a four-game winning streak into BC on Sunday night, and three of those victories were one-sided affairs. Conversely, the Lions are coming off their fourth defeat in the last six games, this one a 33-27 home loss to Saskatchewan as 2.5-point favorites. In fact, BC has dropped two straight on its home turf and has prevailed just once in three tries as a chalk.

Both teams have been productive through the air this season, with BC (305.9 passing yards per game) just ahead of the Tiger-Cats (296.2). However, Hamilton has done a much better job converting those yards into points - it leads the CFL at 31.3 points per game. The Lions? They’re putting up just 23.3 points per contest, second-fewest in the league.

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Tiger-Cats +2.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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What’s not to like about the Tiger-Cats right now? Since kicking off the season with consecutive losses to Calgary (38-26 on the road) and Saskatchewan (28-23 at home), the ’Cats have ripped off four consecutive impressive wins.

The streak started with back-to-back blowouts of Montreal (35-17) and Toronto (51-38). Hamilton then swept Ottawa in a home-and-home series - 23-20 nail-biter home victory, followed by last week’s 30-15 laugher on the road.

The biggest reason for the Tiger-Cats’ turnaround: The defense has stiffened. Yes, the Argonauts managed to hang 38 points on Hamilton in Week 2, but otherwise the Tiger-Cats have held three opponents under 21 points during their current winning run.

True, BC’s offense has come to life the last two weeks, scoring 32 points against Edmonton and 27 against Saskatchewan. But the Lions only cashed in one of those efforts, and that was against the last-place Elks. In fact, two of BC’s three wins have come at Edmonton’s expense. Its other triumph: 21-20 at Montreal. That’s the same Montreal that Hamilton throttled by 18 points to kick off its four-game heater.

Also, take out the two games against Edmonton, and the Lions’ defense has allowed an average of 30.2 points per outing. To repeat: No team has put up more points in the CFL this season than Hamilton.

It’ll be close, but we have the Tiger-Cats eking out a 27-25 win — but to be on the safe side, take the points.

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Bo Levi Mitchell Over 1.5 passing TDs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

📊 Best odds: -130 via FanDuel ($10 pays $7.69)

No quarterback in the CFL has thrown more touchdown passes in 2025 than Hamilton’s Bo Levi Mitchell; his 12 scoring tosses are two more than BC’s Nathan Roarke, who ranks second in the category. During his team’s four-game winning streak, Mitchell has had multiple TD strikes three times.

What about the Lions’ pass defense? It’s the most stout in the league in terms of yards allowed. However, that same defense has yielded 12 passing TDs. Only Edmonton (13) has surrendered more.

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Matt Jacob

Matt Jacob is a freelance writer and editor with more than three decades of professional experience working for an array of print and digital employers and clients. He first dove into the sports betting space in 2005 as a full-time handicapper and content producer. In addition to picking games 363 days a year, Matt wrote daily betting previews for all major professional and college sports, with those previews published (unbylined) on Yahoo’s website. He has since produced sports betting-related articles and picks pieces for outlets such as Forbes and the Philadelphia Inquirer. While Matt also has vast TV, radio and webcast experience, he is perhaps the only individual in the sports betting ecosystem without a podcast (for now, anyway). Instead, Matt’s opinions and borderline unhealthy fascination with betting trends can be found on Twitter @MattRJacob. As for actual wagering, Matt believes strongly in a longstanding principle: Only bet what you can afford to lose. Because in an industry where even the best of the best succeed less than 60% of the time, you’re going to lose … a lot. And the graduate of San Diego State University - aka “The Harvard of the West” - has shoeboxes full of losing tickets to prove it.