Friday, May 18th, 2012
The Monday Night Football game this week pits the New York Giants (6-4) against the New Orleans Saints (7-3), and there are some interesting trends to discuss.
New Orleans has won 3 of the 4 head-to-head meetings against the Giants since 2003, and the Saints have covered the point spread in every victory.
This game will be played in New Orleans, and the combined scores of the 2 games played against New York here in 2009 and 2003 have been in the Saints’ favor at 93-34.
The over has hit in both home games for the Saints, while the under was a winner in both games played in New York in 2005 and 2006.
Betting odds show that the home-team Saints are 7-point favorites on the spread, while the total sits at 51.
New Orleans opened up as a 6.5-point favorite and has been bet up a tick throughout the week, while the total started at 52 and is as low as 50.5 depending on which sportsbook you wager with.
The Saints are a perfect 4-0 at home this season, while the Giants are at 3-2 when playing outside of New York.
New Orleans has covered the point spread in 6 of their 7 wins this year, but has failed to do so in all 3 of their losses.
New York has covered the spread in just 1 of their last 6 games despite winning 3 of them.
The Giants have lost 2 straight heading into this Monday Night Football clash and have gone under the total in 3 of their last 4 this season.
The Saints have gone under in 2 straight games and have covered the spread in 6 of their 10 games played on the year.
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