Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Saints at 49ers is the Monday night NFL offering, with the Superbowl champion Saints the favourites in the betting to make it two wins out of two.
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The New Orleans Saints started off the defence of the Vince Lombardi Trophy with a had fought win over the Minnesota Vikings, while the San Fransisco 49ers took a beating from the Seahawks.
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New Orleans Saints: 2/5 or 10/11 -5.5 points
San Francisco 49ers: 7/4 or 10/11 – 5.5 points
There were two contrasting starts for these teams. The Saints did a decent enough job in their tight game with Vikings, while the 49′ers were thoroughly beaten up by the Seahawks. While the Saints just scored 14 points, their defence impressed. They are good at making opponents cough up the ball. The offence didn’t exactly fire, but they did manage to get the job done in what was a physical battle. They played smart, turnover free football and can improve despite notching up a win.
For the 49′ers to tick they will need to see more from running back Frank Gore, he was held to just 38 yards on 17 carries by the Seahwaks defence. This kept setting up 3rd and long situations that they simply couldn’t handle. Mike Singletary has already had some stern words for his side after the painful blow out. Generally though, they were just way below par. Lightining shouldn’t strike twice, but how they’d like to get Jerry Rice out of retirement rather than retire his number, which is happening at half time.
While San Francisco can improve we recommend the Saints to cover the 5.5 spread at 10/11 with Betfred. Click here to back the Saints and get a free £50 bet . The same applies at odds of -110 with BetUs.Com on a 5 point spread – click here to bet.