Friday, May 18th, 2012
The New Orleans Saints (8-3) might have the best home field advantage in all of football, so it doesn’t appear that the Detroit Lions (7-4) are going to have an easy road to victory in Sunday’s 8:20 PM ET late game.
The Saints are a perfect 5-0 at home, but you also have to figure that Detroit has been one of the best road teams this season.
The Lions are 4-1 on the road this season and have played very well out of Detroit.
New Orleans is a 9-point favorite with a total of 53.5 in this NFC clash, and bet-tracking websites are showing that the Saints are attracting roughly 55% of all wagers on the point spread.
Detroit has covered the point spread in 6 of their 11 games this year, while New Orleans is just a tick better at 7-4.
The bad news for fans of Detroit is that all 4 point spread losses for the Saints have come in road games this year.
These squads last met up in 2009 when New Orleans won 45-27 at home as 14-point favorites.
The Saints were also 42-7 road winners in 2008 as 7-point favorites, but Detroit won the 3 previous clashes from 2000-to-2005.
The under has been a winner in 2 of the 3 head-to-head meetings since 2005.
Detroit and New Orleans have been good over bets this year and the two have combined to exceed the total in 13 of their 22 games this season.
Detroit has lost 4 of their last 6 overall after starting out perfect, and they’ve failed to cover the point spread in every single one of their losses.
Detroit has lost in 2 of the 3 games this year in which they’ve been outgained, while New Orleans has won half of their games when the other team gains more yardage.
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