Daily Best Pro Sporting Events To Bet On (Sept. 15): NFL Monday Night Doubleheader Takes Centre Stage

Each weekday, Canada Sports Betting highlights the most intriguing professional sporting events for casual bettors to wager on with the best online sportsbooks in Canada.

Monday, September 15

• NFL Monday Night doubleheader: Buccaneers vs. Texans, Chargers vs. Raiders. NFL football bettors will be treated to not just one, but two, regular-season games on Monday night. But the real icing on the cake is that we get to watch two pretty decent football teams—the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans—in action. The Chargers are consensus 3.5-point favourites over the Raiders while the Texans are 2.5-point favourites over the Buccaneers. Both the Chargers (+1800) and Texans (+3500) are live longshots to win the Super Bowl this year and are expected to be playoff teams come January.

• MLB Blue Jays vs. Rays. Canada’s only MLB team, the Toronto Blue Jays, will be in action on Monday night when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto holds a four-game lead over the New York Yankees for the top spot in the American League East with just 13 regular-season games left to play. With the playoffs a virtual certainty at this point, the Blue Jays will be keen to clinch the division title and earn a first-round bye in the opening round of the postseason. Most online sportsbooks have the Blue Jays as small 120 moneyline favourites in this matchup, with Trey Yesavage set to make his MLB debut on the mound for Toronto.

• MLB Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros. This AL West showdown has serious playoff implications, as the Rangers trail the Astros by just two games for the final AL wild-card spot. These two teams will be playing the opener of a three-game set in Houston, with the Rangers sending Jack Leiter to the mound to battle Jason Alexander. Most online sportsbooks have pegged the Astros as small favourites around -125 on Monday night.

• MLB Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers. There’s always fireworks when these two NL powerhouses square off in a potential playoff preview. Philadelphia’s magic number is just one to clinch the NL East title, while the Dodgers are still engaged in a tough battle for NL West supremacy, holding a 2 1/2-game advantage over the San Diego Padres for the division lead heading into action Monday. The Dodgers, who are around -120 favourites in this matchup, will be sending Emmet Sheehan to the mound to battle Philadelphia’s Ranger Suarez.