Kansas City host 2008 Superbowl winners New York in week four of the NFL season. The teams could not have had more dissimilar starts to the season, with the Giants a perfect 3-0 and the Chiefs still looking to win a game. Last week the Giants triumphed 24-0 over Tampa Bay while the Chiefs lost 34-14 at Philadelphia. Last time these teams played New York came away with a 27-17 win in week 15 of the 2005 season.
Looking at the teams’ respective records it is easy to see why the Giants are heavy favourites for the match at -400 on the money line (bet $400 to win $100 profit) and the Chiefs big underdogs at +380 (bet $100 to win $380 profit). So far punters seem to favour the Giants, with 91% of money on the money line placed on the visitors.
The spread for the game is set at nine points, putting the Giants at -9 and making the Chiefs big underdogs at +9 points for the game. So far 90% of money on the point spread has been on the Giants covering the spread.
Last year the Chiefs were much better at covering the spread than they were at winning, going 2-14 but covering the spread at a 50% rate. The Giants were no slouches against the spread either, however, and cover six times out of eight attempts on the road.
The over/under is set at 42 points and so far 55% of money has been on the under. However, the Chiefs have had 10 overs in their last 15 games.
New York are second favourites to win this year’s Superbowl at 17/2 but the bookies do not seem to give the Chiefs much chance at 500/1.
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