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The Bengals Ravens spread continued to hold at -7. 70 percent of those betting the spread were backing Cincinnati here. Gambling911.com is offering a pick on this game after winning with Denver Thursday in the NFL and the OVER on the Oklahoma State-Iowa State game Friday night.
Key Betting Tips
*The Bengals have not only won three of the last four in this series, covering all four of those games, only one of the last 10 in this series has been won by more than the current spread.
In addition to Sunday’s game, one could still place bets on futures for the AFC North division. While oddsmakers offered a rather unimpressive -130 line on the Ravens to win the division, red hot Cincinnati was listed at slightly better than 7/1 or +720, with a potential payout of $720 on every $100 bet or $72 for every $10 bet. Gambling911.com feels there is some great value there.
Both these teams have identical 6-3 records, though we are quick to note that of the contending teams in this division, Cincinnati does have the toughest schedule heading down the stretch. Whichever teams wins Sunday will be tied with Pittsburgh atop the division. The Steelers have their bye this week.
The Bengals have won three of the last four in this series though Baltimore did win during their last meeting, a meaningless Week 17 game whereby the Bengals still managed to cover the current spread.
While the Bengals may have lost to Pittsburgh last weekend, that was still a competitive game. Cincinnati had won five straight games prior to that loss.
Baltimore was embarrassed last week, losing to the lowly Seahawks in Seattle.
Yes, we agree with Don Best (see video below) regarding the Bengals coming off a tough game in Pittsburgh. Teams having played in Pittsburgh the week prior tend to be more banged up, tired and do often have a disadvantage coming into their next game. The idea of Cincinnati playing in Baltimore is an even tougher pill to swallow. This will also be an angry Ravens team looking to avenge last week’s loss.
However, we can’t help but get back to the past head-to-head stats involving these two teams.
Additional stats follow below this betting preview video.
The Bengals are 4-0 Against The Spread in their last 4 games following a ATS loss.
The Bengals are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 road games.
Cincinnati is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a road underdog.
The Bengals are 9-1 ATS in their last 10 vs. AFC.
The Bengals are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog.
Cincinnati is 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
The Ravens are 5-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
The Ravens are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games after accumulating less than 90 yards rushing in their previous game.
We are on the Bengals here to at least cover the 7 point spread. The Las Vegas Hilton had moved the line to -7.5 at one point during the week.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
