Cardinals vs. Bengals Odds
CINCINNATI, OH (The Spread) – The Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals are still fighting for playoff spots when the two meet on Saturday at 1PM ET on FOX.
CINCINNATI: The Bengals are 8-6 on the season and tied for the final playoff spot in the AFC with the Jets. Cincinnati is coming off a 20-13 win at St. Louis, which snapped a two-game losing streak. Cincinnati is 3-3 at home on the year and 7-5-2 against the spread while hitting the over in 10 of 14 games. The Bengals are scoring 21.8 points per game and averaging 320.1 yards per contest this season. Rookie receiver A.J. Green has led the team with 61 catches for 1,006 yards and 7 TD’s, but he is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game due to a shoulder injury. Defensively, Cincinnati is holding opponents to 20.2 points per game and under 100 rushing yards per contest.
ARIZONA: The Cardinals are now 7-7 on the season following a 20-17 win over Cleveland last week. Arizona has now won four straight and six of their last seven to get to the .500 mark. Arizona trails Atlanta and Detroit by two games in the wild card race, so it must win out to have a chance to get into the postseason. The Cardinals are 2-5 on the road this season and 8-6 against the spread. The Cards have split the over/under in 14 games. Arizona is averaging just 19.5 points and 320.6 yards per game on offense this season. Larry Fitzgerald has been the only real consistent force for Arizona, as he has 65 catches for 1,157 yards and 7 TD’s. The Arizona defense is allowing just 21.8 points per game, but also giving up 240 passing yards per game.
ODDS: Oddsmakers have made the Bengals a slight favorite at home in this game, giving Cincinnati a point spread of -4 against the Cardinals on Saturday. The over/under odds have been set at 40.5 points. Currently over 3,000 public bets have been placed on this game and Cincinnati is getting 74% of the wagers with odds of -4.
TRENDS: Trends show that Arizona is 8-1 against the spread in their last 9 games played on Saturday and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a win. Cincinnati is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games on fieldturf and 7-21-1 ATS in their last 29 games as a favorite. In regards to the over/under, Arizona has hit the over in 4 of their last 5 Saturday games and the Bengals have hit the over in their last 5 home games.
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