Point Spread: Cardinals vs. 49ers odds and spread

Point Spread: Cardinals vs. 49ers odds and spread Monday night football will close NFL Week 14 with the Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers game tonight and below is the latest point spread and betting odds on this match-up. The Arizona Cardinals (8-4) will travel the short distance to Candlestick Park to face off the San Francisco 49ers (5-7) in this all NFC West battle for clinching the division. The Cardinals are just one win away from securing their second straight NFC West title and will face off the 49ers, who despite the mediocre record so far, already have a victory over the Cardinals this year in the season opened, putting one over Arizona to finish 20-16. But sporting the NFC West best offense with 360.9 yards per game and 24.8 points scored per game on average, the Cardinals will have a hard time against the San Francisco 49ers, who are leading the division defensively with 346.4 yards and 19.4 points allowed per game.

Still, the Arizona Cardinals will come out on Candlestick Park today as a favorite according to the sports betting website Bookmaker, where the Cardinals are listed with odds -200 to win the game and clinch the title, while the 49ers will be underdog with odds +170 on delivering the upset on home turf. The Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers point spread is set at the conservative -3.5 points chalk the Cardinals while the total expected by the sports betting site is posted at 45 points even. For this Monday night football game keep in mind that Arizona is 6-1 against the spread in its last 7 games on the road and San Francisco is 4-2 against the spread in its last 6 games at home. The Cardinals are also 3-5-1 against the spread in their last 9 games when playing on the road against the 49ers. And finally, the total has gone OVER in 8 of Arizona's last 12 games when playing San Francisco.

Injuries are a given this late into the football season and both teams will have players missing from the roster for the Monday night football game. Arizona will play without linebacker Will Davis, while another linebacker, Bert Berry, along with defensive end Kenny Iwebema and tight end Stephen Spach remain questionable for the game against the 49ers tonight. San Francisco will play without cornerback Nate Clements and wide receiver Isaac Bruce is listed as doubtful for the game against the Cardinals, nursing ankle injury. Questionable for San Francisco are corner Marcus Hudson, linebacker Takeo Spikes and tackle Joe Staley, while wide receiver Brandon Jones was upgraded to probable. The Monday night football game between the Cardinals and the 49ers will start at 8:30pm EST and betting will be available at Bookmaker.

Published on 12/14/2009