Monday Night Football: Bengals vs. Ravens, San Diego @ Oakland

Monday Night Football: Bengals vs. Ravens, San Diego @ Oakland Week 1 of NFL football will close with the double-feature Monday Night Football games Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders, see the point spread and betting odds on these two NFL game here. Football fans will get a double treat tonight with two games lined up to close the first week of regular season NFL games, first the Bengals will travel to Baltimore to face off the Ravens and following that game, the hard-core sports fans on the East Coast will have to stay up late for the Chargers-Raiders game, which is scheduled to begin at 10:15pm EST.

For the bettors looking to regain lost position from the games over the weekend (lots of surprises in the first week this year) or those looking to do even better, we went to the popular online sportsbook Bookmaker (official website), to grab the very latest point spreads and betting odds on the two Monday Night Football games. Starting with the first match-up, Cincinnati Bengals are a big underdog for their visit to Baltimore, the Bengals holding odds +310 to win the game tonight, naturally the Ravens will come out on M&T Bank Stadium favorite with odds -370 on a first W for the season. The Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens point spread is at -7 points chalk the Ravens and the total expected by the sportsbooks is at 41.5 points. Keep in mind that the Bengals have covered the spread only once in their last 6 games on the road, but Baltimore is 14-6-1 against the spread in its last 21 games when playing at home against Cincinnati.

The final NFL Week 1 match-up will be a bit tougher for both bettors and sportsbooks. The San Diego Chargers are a very small underdog with the short odds of -105, while Oakland Raiders are paying out on favorite odds -115. As you can see, not much room for picking out a big payout for the Monday Night Football Week 1 closer. And the situation with the spread is not much different than the odds: the San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders point spread is at just -1 point in favor of the Raiders. The total expected by the odds makers is at 47 points. Betting trends show that the Chargers are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games on the road and Oakland is 6-12 against the spread in its last 18 games when playing the San Diego Chargers.

Published on 09/10/2012