The New Orleans Saints will be looking to clinch their first Super Bowl berth since 2010 when they host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in this year’s NFC Championship Game as 3.5-point favourites on the NFL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
New Orleans continued its recent postseason dominance on home turf with last weekend’s 20-14 win over Philadelphia as 8.5-point chalk to remain unbeaten in seven home playoff games since 1993 ahead of Sunday afternoon’s matchup at Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The Saints outclassed Los Angeles in a 45-35 win as two-point home underdogs in Week 9, having won 15 of 17 overall at home since September 2017, and continue to lead the way on the Super Bowl odds as plus-175 favourites.
The Rams travel to the Big Easy searching for their first Super Bowl berth since 2002 after disposing of the Dallas Cowboys with a 30-22 win as seven-point home favourites on Saturday.
Los Angeles has averaged over 36 points per game while posting three straight straight-up wins, and generating the team’s first three-game against-the-spread win streak since Week 3. However, the Rams are a middling 2-2 straight up and against the spread in their past four road outings, according to the OddsShark NFL Database, and have scored just three total points while falling to defeat in two straight NFC Championship Game appearances on the road since 1980.
Later on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs will be looking to book their first trip to the Super Bowl since 1970 when they take on the New England Patriots as three-point home favourites at online betting sites.
The Chiefs ended the Indianapolis Colts’ unlikely playoff run with a 31-13 win over the weekend. The Chiefs have regularly run up the score while going 8-1 straight up at home this season, scoring 30 or more points on six occasions, but have covered just twice in their past six games while listed as home favourites of four or fewer points.
The Patriots will make an eighth straight appearance in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. New England has earned the win in three of its past four bids for the conference crown, but is winless in its past three road appearances in the AFC Championship Game.
The Patriots have also struggled on the road this season, posting outright losses in three of their past four, and have earned just one win in 10 trips to Kansas City since 1964. New England sits as the plus-333 third-favourites on the Super Bowl odds, behind the Chiefs at plus-275.
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