Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings 1:00 ET
Writing by mortiz on Friday, 7 of November , 2008 at 5:15 pm
Two squads looking to improve their position in the hotly contested NFC North hook up at the Metrodome on Sunday afternoon, and Bookmaker Sportsbook has all of the action covered for its sports bettors. Green Bay has won five straight clashes between these two bitter rivals, and is 4-1 ATS during that stretch. The Packers won and covered the first meeting between these two squads in the first week of the season by a 24-19 final count.
Green Bay marched into Nashville facing the seemingly impossible task of knocking off the undefeated Titans. Though it didn’t remove Tennessee from the ranks of the unbeaten, it forced the Titans into overtime, and covered the 3.5-point spread for its betting backers in spite of losing 19-16.
It wasn’t the greatest game in QB Aaron Rodgers’ career, as he only completed 22-of-41 passes for 314 yards and one touchdown, but turned the ball over twice. WR Donald Driver was the main highlight, grabbing seven balls for 136 yards and a score.
The defense had absolutely no answer for Tennessee RB Chris Johnson, who recorded 161 yards from scrimmage. It was the third straight cover for football bettors backing the Pack, and they’ve covered those three games by an average of 10.8 points per game. The 35 combined points resulted in just the second ‘under’ of the year in lined Green Bay games.
Vikings bettors had their way with the Texans over the weekend, halting Houston’s three-game winning streak in Minnesota’s 28-21 victory. QB Gus Frerotte carved the Houston secondary for three touchdowns, but the day belonged to RB Adrian Peterson. “All Day” ran for 139 yards on 25 carries. The defense harassed the Texans’ quarterbacks all day, as the unit recorded two interceptions and five sacks, and knocked starting QB Matt Schaub out of the game with an MCL injury.
For a team that was supposed to thrive on defense this season, the Vikes only rank 20th in terms of points allowed (23.5), and are a huge reason why four of their L/5 games have gone ‘over’ the ‘total’. It also helps that the offense has scored 69 points in its L/2 games after only reaching 21 points once throughout its first six games.
Almost all of the NFL betting trends point towards a Green Bay triumph on Sunday. Minnesota is just 3-8 ATS in its L/11 games, while Green Bay is 12-3-1 ATS in its L/16 games away from Lambeau Field. On top of that, the underdog in this series has covered fifteen of the L/19 meetings, and the road team is 10-3 the L/13 meetings.
If Green Bay’s recent trends hold up, it’ll be another high scoring affair. ‘Over’ bettors are 7-1-1 in the Packers L/9 games, and 15-3-1 in their L/19 against the NFC.
Bookmaker Sportsbook currently has the NFL betting line set at Minnesota -2.5 with the game ‘total’ standing pat at 44.5 after opening at 48.
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