The San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers do battle this Sunday in what many football betting fans felt would be a game for supremacy in the AFC Conference. Not so this season.
Sports betting fans that have been following the NFL so far will notice that the San Diego Chargers are a serious disappointment. They haven’t even dominated the AFC West much less the AFC Conference. They were a huge favorite in the BetUS online sportsbook to win the Super Bowl this season. Last Sunday, they beat the lowly Kansas City Chiefs by a single point. Now, they travel to Pittsburgh.
Are the Steelers for real? Yes, they are. They have lost two out of their last three games but those losses were against the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants. Pittsburgh is just better than the Steelers. The one issue is that starting quarterback Ben Rothelisberger may not play for Pitt. If that’s the case, then online sportsbook wagering fans will need to really make a tough decision regarding this game.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook betting odds for this game.
Kick-off: 11/16/2008 4:15 pm est.
San Diego Chargers + 5 - 110 + 200 O 43 - 110
Pittsburgh Steelers - 5 - 110 - 240 U 43 - 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The San Diego Chargers are 1 and 4 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
The Over is 4 and 0 in the San Diego Chargers last 4 games against an AFC Conference opponent.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are 2 and 5 against the spread in their last 7 games on grass.
The Over is 6 and 2 in the Pittsburgh Steelers last 8 games following an against the spread loss.
The Chargers have enough to keep this game close but because their defense is so terrible, I don’t see them keeping the Steelers out of the end zone. Pittsburgh has a lot of weapons on offense and the Chargers just can’t stop anybody.
That means that in order for the Chargers to win this game they are going to have to score as many points as they can.
To me, the BetUS over of 43 points is the online bet to make in this game. I see this game going over the total of 43 with both the Steelers and Chargers scoring at least 24 points.