The visiting Packers hope to send their backers to the pay window on Sunday as they look to cover the Wild Card point spread at Lincoln Financial Field against the Eagles.
This season the Eagles are 10-6 overall and 8-8 ATS against the number, while the Packers are 10-6 and 9-7 ATS. As for the totals, Philadelphia is 10-6 on the OU, and Green Bay is 6-10, as you handicap the Eagles Packers odds today.
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Betting Line: If you're siding with the visitors in this one (which has historically been a great bet as NFC road teams are 9-3 ATS past 12 Wild Card games), you'll find the Packers listed as 2.5-point underdogs. Meanwhile, the over under line for the matchup was at 46.
Power Rankings / Wild Card prediction: The Odds Shark Power Rankings have the Eagles at No. 6 and the Packers at No. 5 heading into this contest.
Handicapping models project a 32-26 result in favor of the Packers, which should be interesting to NFL moneyline bettors who could turn a bigger profit.
Green Bay won its last outing, a 10-3 result against the Bears on January 2. The Packers failed to cover in that game as a 11.5-point favorite, while the 13 combined points took the game UNDER the total. In their last game, the Packers were Week 17 winners, coming out on top of the Bears by a score of 10-3.
In their last action, Philadelphia was a 14-13 loser at home against the Cowboys. They covered the 2.5–point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (27) was profitable news for UNDER bettors. The Eagles suffered a Week 17 loss against Dallas in their last game, falling 14-13 at Lincoln Financial Field.
How They Matchup: The game also pits the Philadelphia's #3-ranked offense, averaging 27.4 PPG, against a Packers defensive that ranks #2 this week at 15 PPG. The Eagles aerial game is averaging 243.9 yards per game, more than the Packers secondary allows through the air, 194.2 YPG per game.
Defensively, the Packers feature the league's #16-rated road run defense, allowing 113.6 yards per game. Philadelphia, meanwhile, ranks #8 in rushing offense at home.
Green Bay Packers Trends:
When playing in January are 6-4
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 6-4
Philadelphia Eagles Trends:
When playing in January are 4-6
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 6-4
A few Packers at Eagles Wild Card trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Green Bay's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Green Bay's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Green Bay's last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Green Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing Green Bay
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Green Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing at home against Green Bay
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 12 games
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