Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers: Line and point spread

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers: Line and point spread It's time for Monday night football and time to look at the point spread and line on the Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers game. For the Week 9 NFL closer, Monday night football will see the Chicago Bears (4-3) traverse the short distance north to face the Green Bay Packers (5-2) in what is a very open NFC North division. And while the Vikings are out of the chase, the Packers and the Bears, along with the #2 ranked Lions (5-3), are still very much in the race for playoff spots. As you can see from the records of the Bears and Packers, as well as the overall NFC North Standings, we couldn't have asked for a better Monday night football game. But before we go any further with the stats, let's get to the meat and potatoes, the money line and the point spread on the Bears - Packers game.

Looking at the line and spread at the two most popular sportsbooks online - Bovada Sports and Bookmaker, we find the Green Bay Packers a big favorite to win the game and retain the top status on the NFC North table. The odds makers have the line on the Green Bay Packers at the whopping -500 while the Chicago Bears will stat with underdog odds +390 on an upset. Despite the line on the Monday night football game, this is a must win game for both teams and there is money to be made here. The Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers point spread is currently at -10.5 points chalk the Packers at Bookmaker and the point spread at Bovada Sports is at -11 points in favor of Green Bay.

Looking at the betting stats (line and spread), we find that Chicago is 1-4 against the spread in its last 5 games when playing on the road against the Packers and Green Bay has won all of their last five games at home, while losing just one of their last 7 games. The Packers are 5-0 straight up beating the line in their last 5 games when playing at home against the Chicago Bears and keep in mind that the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against the Packers.

Injuries is the weak side of the Bears in Week 9 with starting quarterback Jay Cutler out for the game against the Packers with groin injury, which explains the huge underdog line on the Bears, as well as the point spread. Bears' linebacker Lance Briggs is also out for Week 9, while wide receiver Joe Anderson remains questionable for tonight's game. The rest of the Bears' injuries have been upgraded to probable for the Monday night football game. The Green Bay Packers will be playing without tight end Jermichael Finley, linebackers Clay Matthews and Nick Perry, while wide receiver James Jones is still listed as questionable, nursing a knee injury.

Published on 11/04/2013