The Baltimore Ravens will be looking to extend their current straight-up win streak to 13 games on Saturday when they take on the Tennessee Titans in AFC Divisional Playoff action as 9-point home favourites on the NFL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Baltimore soared to the top of the NFL standings during its current tear, closing out the season with a league-leading 14-2 straight-up record, and is a +200 favourite on the Super Bowl odds going into Saturday night’s matchup at M&T Bank Stadium.
In addition to dominating on the scoreboard, the Ravens’ top-ranked offence has also made the team a steady bet. Baltimore has averaged 32.2 points per game during its win streak, and has covered in each of its past four contests to improve to 9-2-1 against the spread over its past 12 contests.
The Titans, meanwhile, travel to Baltimore for their second straight Saturday night contest after knocking off the defending champion New England Patriots on Wild Card Weekend with a 20-13 victory as 4.5-point road underdogs.
Tennessee has been particularly impressive during a four-game SU win streak on the road, during which they’ve averaged 32 points per game. However, the Titans have struggled when pegged as underdogs of nine or more points, going 1-11 SU and 3-8 ATS in their past 11 such outings at sports betting sites. The team has also scored just 14 total points over a pair of outright losses in their past two trips to Baltimore as underdogs.
Earlier on Saturday, the San Francisco 49ers will make their first playoff appearance in six years as they host the Minnesota Vikings as 7-point chalk. The 49ers enjoyed a resurgence this season on the strength of a season-opening eight-game straight-up win streak. The team faltered at times during the second half of the campaign, going 5-3 straight-up over its final eight games, including a pair of defeats on home turf — but still entered the playoffs as the NFC’s top seed.
The Niners look to the weekend trailing only Baltimore as a +290 second favourite on the Super Bowl odds, and have reached the NFC Championship Game in each of their past three playoff appearances. However, San Francisco has lost outright in six straight meetings with Minnesota, according to the OddsShark NFL Database, and has covered just once in 10 matchups since 1983.
With rusher Dalvin Cook back in the lineup, the Vikings recorded a 26-20 upset over New Orleans as 7.5-point underdogs last weekend, ending a two-game straight-up slide that had dumped them to the No. 6 seed in the NFC.
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