2010 NFL Divisional Playoff Odds: Cardinals vs. Saints Betting Matchup

Last Updated on January 16, 2010 8:00 am by drew

Saints-Cards Matchup

The New Orleans Saints look to start the playoff weekend with a win over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday at 4:30PM ET from the Superdome.

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The Saints enter the game as 7-point favorites over the Cardinals according to online sports book SBGGLOBAL. The Over/Under for the game has been at 57.

These two teams didn’t meet this season, but both are going in different directions heading into this game. The Saints hold the top spot in the NFC playoffs thanks to a 13-0 start to the season, but losses to
Dallas,
Tampa
Bay, and

Carolina gave the Saints a three-game losing streak to end the year. Mix in the bye week for the playoffs and the Saints haven’t won a football game in over a month.
Arizona is coming of its 51-45 shootout win over

Green Bay last week. The Cardinals have won three of their last four games, scoring at least 31 points in each of their wins. Last weekend, Kurt Warner threw for 379 yards and five touchdowns to lead

Arizona to the win.

Here is other key betting information to consider for Sunday’s game.

Trends:

Here are the top trends for this game.

All games in this series since 1992

NEW ORLEANS is 5-3 against the spread versus

ARIZONA since 1992

NEW ORLEANS is 5-3 straight up against

ARIZONA since 1992

4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games over the last 3 seasons

NEW ORLEANS is 1-0 against the spread versus

ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons 

NEW ORLEANS is 1-0 straight up against

ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

NEW ORLEANS since 1992

NEW ORLEANS is 2-1 against the spread versus

ARIZONA since 1992

NEW ORLEANS is 2-1 straight up against

ARIZONA since 1992

2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games played at

NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons.

NEW ORLEANS is 1-0 against the spread versus

ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons 

NEW ORLEANS is 1-0 straight up against

ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

ARIZONA is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) as an underdog this season.

ARIZONA is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.

NEW ORLEANS is 43-65 ATS (-28.5 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1992. 

All of the head-to-head trends favor the Saints as they are 5-3 against the spread against the Cardinals since 1992. However, trends show

Arizona is 6-0 ATS as an underdog this season and 15-6 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record over the last three seasons.

Playoff trends favor neither team as
Arizona is 6-6 in the playoffs all-time while

New Orleans is just 2-7. The Cardinals have won their last four NFC playoff games.

Injuries:

The Cardinals are again expected to be without Anquan Boldin, who continues to be bothered by an ankle injury suffered in week 17. The Saints are pretty healthy, with Lance Moore, Pierre Thomas, and Darren Sharper each nursing injuries but are expected to play on Saturday.

Public Betting:

The public betting is solidly behind

Arizona in this game, as the Cardinals have 66 percent of the public bets. Perhaps the sizeable spread is just too much for betters to take the Saints.

Weather:

Weather won’t be a factor in this game as it will take place inside the Superdome. Playing conditions will be fast and wind will be no factor inside the dome.

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Posted: 1/16/10 8:00AM ET