Friday, May 18th, 2012
The New Orleans Saints (10-3) and the Minnesota Vikings (2-11) meet up in a 1:00 PM ET game on Sunday that some are predicting an upset in.
New Orleans is a 7-point road favorite currently but they’ve been bet down from an opener of -7.5 despite receiving 85% of tracked bets on the spread.
The Saints are just 4-3 on the road this year, but Minnesota has been brutal at home en route to a 1-5 mark.
New Orleans has looked like one of the better teams in the NFL lately, and football bettors have made plenty of money on them thanks to their 9-4 record against the spread.
The Saints are in the midst of a 5-game winning streak and they’ve managed to cover in every game.
Minnesota has gone the way other way with 5-straight losses, and both running back Adrian Peterson (ankle) and quarterback Christian Ponder (hip) are listed as questionable to play.
The Vikings have covered the point spread in just 1 of those 5 losses, but have also lost their last 4 by 10 or less points.
These teams met up most recently in 2010 when the Saints won 14-9 at home as 4.5-point favorites.
New Orleans won again 31-28 in overtime as 4-point favorites towards the end of the 2009 season, while the Vikings were 30-27 road winners as 3-point underdogs in 2008.
5 of the last 6 head-to-head meetings went over the total and Minnesota covered the point spread in every game that did so.
New Orleans has covered the spread in just 2 of their last 5 road games and was lucky to escape Tennessee with a 22-17 win as 3.5-point favorites last week.
Despite having a ton of injuries, Minnesota looked good in their 28-34 road loss against the Detroit Lions as 10-point underdogs last time out.
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