NFL Football Betting: Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions

NFL football betting on the Minnesota Vikings has been a study in poor value and too much hype.  Minnesota has a NFL betting mark of 7-5 straight up and 5-7 against the NFL odds.  In road NFL football betting action Minnesota is 2-4 against the spread.  Minnesota has an over/under NFL football betting mark of 8-4 over the total.

Minnesota has a NFL football betting record of 3-2 against the spread as a chalk.  The Vikings are coming off a NFL football betting win and cover at home over Chicago, 34-14, as 3.5-point favorites.  The win gave the Vikings sole possession of first place in the NFC North Division.

Minnesota has covered 2 consecutive games and has gone over the total in 4 of their last 5 games.  NFL football betting on the Detroit Lions has been almost as bad as their straight up performance.  Detroit has a NFL betting record of 0-12 straight up and 4-8 against the NFL odds.

The Lions have a home NFL football betting record of 0-6 against the spread.  In fact, an interesting NFL football betting angle shows that the road team is 10-2 against the spread in all Detroit games.  Detroit has an over/under NFL football betting mark of 8 over/3 under/1 push.

The Lions are on a NFL football betting stretch in which they have failed to cover the spread in 3 of their last 4 games.  The Lions have gone over the total in 5 consecutive games.  Detroit was humiliated at home on Thanksgiving by the Tennessee Titans 47-10 as they failed to cover as 11-point home dogs.

It was the worst Thanksgiving Day loss in team history.  Detroit has covered just 1 of the last 7 head to head meetings in this series and the two teams have gone over the total in 10 of their last 14 meetings at Detroit.

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