Friday, May 18th, 2012
The Sunday night NFL late game this week will feature the Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3) going on the road to take on the Kansas City Chiefs (4-6).
Despite being the road team, the online sportsbooks have made the Steelers a 10.5-point favorite on the spread.
Close to 75% of tracked NFL bettors are putting their money on Pittsburgh, yet the point spread hasn’t budged in the past few days.
The total for this 8:20 PM ET matchup sits at 40.5 after opening at 39.5 earlier in the week.
The Steelers and the Chiefs last met up in 2009 when Kansas City won 27-24 at home despite being 10.5-point underdogs like they are tonight.
The game went into overtime and the Chiefs found a way to win despite the fact that they were outgained by over 200 yards as Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers passed for 402 in the loss.
The Chiefs have covered the point spread against Pittsburgh in 2 of the 3 meetings since 2003, while the over has been a winner in all 5 games played between these teams since 1999.
Pittsburgh has covered the point spread in 4 of their last 6 games, but is just 3-2 outright when having to travel to play.
The over has been a winner in 3 of the Steelers’ last 4 games, and they’ve covered the point spread in their last 2 road games.
The Chiefs covered the point spread in 5 straight games at one point, but have now lost 3 in a row while failing to cover in any of those defeats.
The under has been a winner in Kansas City’s last 5 straight, and they sport just a 2-3 win/loss record when playing at home this year.
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