The Game is going to be the most
bet matchup of the weekend in college football.
Tuesday night's total for the Yankees vs. Rays
betting matchup is set at seven runs at the sportsbooks.
It's a MLB baseball
betting matchup between the No. 14 - rated Oakland Athletics and the league No. 1 - ranked Boston Red Sox, according to the latest MLB power poll here at Odds Shark.
One - sided Rivalry: The Yankees have dominated
this betting matchup in recent years regardless of who's been on the hill.
Tonight's college hoops slate features plenty of lopsided
betting matchups, though that's true on just about any Wednesday night during conference play.
OKC has dominated
the betting matchup in this one, as their 82 % of bets makes them the only team to hit the 80 - mark on tonight's slate.
Lots of big college football
betting matchups between ranked teams pop up on the schedule this week.
Not exact matches
It's not the first time a late, broken play has changed the outcome of
bets and fantasy
matchups across the country — earlier in the season the Chiefs had a similar play on «Monday Night Football» against the Redskins, leaving bettors elated or furious depending on which side of the game they were on.
Inevitably, someone in your office will create a
betting pool and ask colleagues to fill out a bracket predicting the winners of each
matchup in the tournament.
This
matchup is about prop
bets, and lots of them.
It takes more patience to roll over your
bet, and there is a chance that those Super Bowl odds change once the
matchup is set, but clearly that is how you obtain the most value.
In this highly anticipated playoff
matchup, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened as an 8 - point favorite at the market - setting Cris sportsbook and, according to Sports Insights» NFL
Betting Trends, is currently receiving 56 % of all spread
bets.
With four conference championship games on tap this afternoon, let's take a moment to examine the line movement for these key
matchups using our College Basketball
Betting Trends.
Although this may not be the sexiest
matchup, we have seen some interesting
betting trends in this AAC showdown.
Philadelphia's recent acquisitions have increased public interest in this game, as it is currently the second most - heavily
bet Week 1
matchup, trailing only New England vs. Miami.
In Week 13, the public jumped back aboard the Tebow Train and, after yet another victory, has returned to the well as 75 % of spread
bets are taking Denver for their Week 14
matchup with Chicago.
The team here at SportsInsights has circled a handful of these games due to these discrepancies, so let's take a moment to examine the line movement for these key
matchups using our College Basketball
Betting Trends.
For the record, it is still early and very few
bets have come down on this game, however, two Steam Moves (BetUS and CRIS) have already been triggered, indicating sharp money already likes one side of this
matchup.
It's also worth noting we have tracked more
bets on this game than any other Week 11
matchup, and past research has found there's more value
betting against the public in the most heavily
bet games.
Each
matchup is different, and bettors need to pay attention to factors like public
betting trends and sharp money indicators like steam moves and / or reverse line movement.
Despite losing in their previous
matchup, the public still likes the Buckeyes as 59 % of early spread
bets have been on OSU.
Betting market: The public is loading up on the Patriots at a 79 % clip, but that's nothing new for this particular divisional
matchup.
In fact, they only received 24 % of spread
bets in their Week 2
matchup against the Packers which was the second least popular side of the young season.
In this week's
matchup, the Vikings -LRB--6.5) are receiving 84 % of spread
bets and 86 % of total dollars wagered against the Houston Texans.
A
matchup like this doesn't exactly draw national interest, but you can
bet that this play has a great chance at making the Top 10 on Sportscenter.
In what could be a
matchup of two unbeaten teams playing for a spot in the Big Ten Championship and possibly the CFB Playoff, the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook released a very early
betting line of the Buckeyes -10 over the Wolverines.
Our partners at OddsShark track the Super Bowl odds for each team, but you can also
bet on specific Super Bowl
matchups.
There aren't many, but you can
bet on the exact
matchup in regard to which two teams will end up playing the game — Seattle vs. Denver is the favorite at 13/10 odds.
During the regular season, sportsbooks almost always adjust their lines based on the action of their sharpest bettors, and they won't move the number based on public money unless there's a marquee
matchup with one - sided public
betting and limited sharp action on the other side.
A
matchup like this doesn't exactly draw national interest, but you can
bet that this play has a great chance at...
By analyzing our historical archive of NFL
betting trends data, we've found that whenever the public loads up on one NFL team, it's been historically profitable to
bet the other side of that
matchup.
Investors don't care whether their money is down on a nationally - televised NFL
matchup or a random weeknight college basketball game in December as long as the wager represents a valuable
betting opportunity.
There's also been some interesting movement in prop
bets and
matchups prices.
We get it, there are some who
bet mostly for fun and while it's nice to win, throwing $ 25 on a couple of NFL
matchups each week isn't going to affect whether you can pay the rent.
In that
matchup, public
betting was evenly split as the Dolphins closed as 3.5 - point home favorites.
We would like to stress that the only picks that we endorse are our Best
Bet picks, but between the contrarian value and
betting system matches we would definitely lean towards the road underdog in this
matchup.
More specifically, in games where one team received 20 % or less of spread
bets, the underdog in that
matchup closed with a better line (compared to the opening line) 55.4 % of the time.
This Wednesday night
matchup presents great value to the
betting public in yet another MAC early week showdown.
After posting a 4 - 12 record in 2010, Buffalo received 46 % of spread
bets and 37 % of parlay wagers in their Week 1
matchup against Kansas City.
The Big Three were underdogs in just 29 regular season games and they received the majority of spread
bets in 87.3 % of their
matchups.
While our
Bet Signals data have not triggered any sharp money indicators, the line ticking down from Michigan State +2 to +1.5 indicates that the larger wagers have taken the points so far in this
matchup.
Sharp money hasn't taken a side in this
matchup, but one - sided public
betting appears to have created some contrarian value on the Boilermakers.
Top 10
matchups attract the most recreational
bets.
As always we're going to fade the public, take the value created by square bettors and
bet the road dog in this NFC South
matchup.
Heading into their Big East
matchup with the visiting 2 - 3 Huskies, nearly 8 out of 10
bets expect WV to blow out UCONN by nearly 3 TDs.
In order to do this, I located the «opponent rank» filter, located under the
matchup info tab within
Bet Labs.
The
betting public seems to like the combination of home field advantage and momentum that the Yankees have built, as 77 % of all moneyline
bets have been coming in on the «Evil Empire» despite a pitching
matchup that would appear to favor Detroit.
View all the pre-tournament odds,
matchups, and prop
bets and follow along Sunday.
The table below shows odds and
betting trends data for a previous Week 1 NFL
matchup between the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins.
We've also triggered five profitable
bet signals on the UNDER in this
matchup.