Carolina Panthers - Tampa Bay Buccaneers point spread and odds

Carolina Panthers - Tampa Bay Buccaneers point spread and odds The NFL excitement continues with the Week 8 football opener Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers and here we will take a look at the point spread and betting odds on tonight's game. The Carolina Panthers (3-3) have a short flight to Tampa to face the Buccaneers (0-6) who are still winless this season. Welcoming the Panthers at home is as good a chance for the Bucs to finally get a victory this NFL season, who are 0-3 at home so far, considering the Panthers have won just one of their last 3 away games. You can see more stats of the two teams further down.

Getting straight to the odds posted by the sportsbooks on the Thursday night football game this week, we find the Carolina Panthers still a big favorite to win tonight's game outright, listed with odds -256 at Bookmaker and even better -270 at Bovada Sports, two of the most popular online sportsbooks. At Bookmaker the Buccaneers are underdog with odds +213, but if you are looking for a better payout on the underdog of the Thursday night football game, head on to Bovada, where the Bucs are listed with +230 odds to finally get a "W" on their record. The Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers point spread is at -7 points chalk the Panthers with the total expected at 40.5 points.

As for the promised betting stats on the two football teams meeting tonight at Raymond James Stadium, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are just 1-5 against the spread in their last 6 games and 1-4-1 ATS when playing at home. On the flip side, the Panthers have covered the spread only two times out of the last six games against the Bucs. Also worth nothing is that the total has gone over in 7 of Carolina's last 9 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay, but the Panthers have won 7 of their last 10 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay. Luckily for Carolina, the Panthers have listed only defensive tackle Dwan Edwards as questionable for the Week 8 game against the Bucs, the rest of the injured players all upgraded to probable for the football game tonight. At Tampa, when it rains it pours - both running backs Jeff Demps and Doug Martin are out for the game against the Panthers and wide receivers Chris Owusu and Mike Williams remain questionable with injuries. On the bright side, all their defensive injuries have been upgraded to probable for the game against Carolina.

Published on 10/24/2013