It’s been 15 games since the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat a West Division opponent on the road.

The Green and White are looking to end that trend on Friday night when they head into Commonwealth Stadium to face the 7-1 Edmonton Eskimos.

“It’s always hard to win on the road, but at the same time, it’s a mindset, you have to go into an opponents’ stadium and treat it as your own, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” said quarterback Kevin Glenn.

“We’re trying to do everything that we can to mimic us being at home and playing well, there’s not too much more you can say about it, you’ve just got to go out and do it. Can’t talk about it, got to be about it.”

The Riders have been a solid team at home so far this season as they’ve posted a 3-1 record at Mosaic Stadium, but it’s when they venture out on the road that the problems have arose as they’ve posted a 0-3 road mark, including losses to Calgary and B.C.

In order to turn that around, the Riders will need to pick up a win in Edmonton where they haven’t won since 2013, meaning it will be easier said than done.

“Edmonton’s a very strong football team,” said Head Coach Chris Jones. “They’ve got a fearless leader that knows how to play, especially down the stretch he’s good in the fourth quarter; their defensive line is playing as good as I’ve ever seen a defensive line play; and their receivers can always go up and get the football.”

Edmonton lost their first game of the season last week in Winnipeg, falling 33-26 to the Blue Bombers.

“I know that didn’t sit real well with them and they’ll be ready,” said Jones.

Saskatchewan put together their most complete effort of the season the last time that they were on the field, rolling to a 41-8 win over the Lions at Mosaic Stadium in Week 8.

They went into their bye week after that and they’ve been focused throughout this week on making sure they didn’t lose the momentum from that win.

“It was a good three phase game and it was the best game that we’ve played since we’ve been in Saskatchewan,” said Jones. “The guys came out and realized that we’re not asking them to be superhuman, just execute at a high level in all three phases. Go out, play fast and have fun.”

The offence put up a big day, but the play of the defence in that win was the biggest turnaround for the Riders as they forced five turnovers, including a four-interception game for defensive back Ed Gainey.

Gainey said that performance was just a sign of the defence starting to come together.

“We’re coming together and growing more as a defence as oppose to where we were last year,” said Gainey.

“Early in the season, we gave up some big plays that cost us some football games, but guys realized that if we communicate and make sure that everybody is in the right areas than we’ve got a chance to be competitive in every game,” added Jones.

The Riders will look to carry over that success to Friday night at Commonwealth against the Eskimos. Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m.