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IT"S GAME DAY!!!! WESTERN SEMI-FINALS!!! Let's Dominate the riders and End their season! WEST DIVISION SEMI-FINAL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-8) at SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS (12-6) THE 4-1-1 Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; Mosaic Stadium, Regina TV: TSN1, TSN4, RDS, ESPN2 Radio: CJOB The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High -10C. Vegas line: The Riders are favoured by 2.5 points. Streaks: Winnipeg: 1L; Saskatchewan: 2W. Home/Road: The Bombers are 4-5 on the road this year; the Riders are 6-3 at home. Head to head, 2018: The Riders captured two of the three meetings this year, winning 31-23 in the Labour Day Classic in Regina and 32-27 a week later in Winnipeg in the Banjo Bowl. The Bombers countered with a 31-0 shutout on October 13th at Investors Group Field. Playoff history: These two clubs last met in the playoffs in the 2007 Grey Cup, a game won 23-19 by the Riders. The Bombers last played in Regina in the playoffs on November 8, 1975, a 42-24 Saskatchewan victory in the West Semi-Final. Add it all up and the Bombers have lost seven straight playoff games to their arch-rivals dating back to a win here in Winnipeg in the 1965 West Semi-Final. The Riders hold an 11-9-1 advantage in the 20 playoff meetings between the two teams. (Thanks to Ed Tait) https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/11/10/game-preview-wpg-ssk-4/