NFL Week 9
(7-0) San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals (3-4-1)
Date: Thursday October 31st
Time: 8:20 PM
Venue: University Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Weather: DOME
Betting Lines: 49ers -10(-120) Arizona +10(EV)
O/U Total: 43
San Francisco (7-0) travels to face Arizona (3-4-1) on Thursday night and enters the game on quite a roll. The 49ers crushed the Carolina Panthers 51-13 on Sunday and have been plowing through their schedule with one of the league’s best defenses. Arizona is coming off a 31-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Arizona has had no turnovers over the past four games, which is tied for the longest streak in franchise history.
The past three coaches in San Francisco have combined to lose eight straight games against the NFC West rival Cardinals heading into the first meeting of 2019 on Thursday night in Arizona. The Niners’ last win in this rivalry came in Jim Harbaugh’s final game as coach in 2014 when the playoff-bound Cardinals lost a most meaningless Week 17 game in San Francisco.
San Francisco’s defense ranks first in the NFL in yards allowed per game (224.4) San Francisco ranks fourth in sacks (27.0), is tied for second in interceptions (10) and allows a league-low 224.4 yards per game. However they have faced an incredibly easy slate of opposing offenses, which has made their defense look perhaps more impressive than what it is.
LINE MOVEMENT
The 49ers opened up as 8 ½-point favorites at 5dimes with a total of 44.The Niners‘ have jumped to a 10-point favorite while the total has slipped to 42 ½.
CARDINALS RUNNING GAME
Arizona’s three-game winning streak was built on a balanced offense, with the team leaning on the running back duo of David Johnson and Chase Edmonds. Now both players are injured and the Cardinals have had to adjust in a hurry. With Edmonds (hamstring) out and Johnson (ankle) questionable for Thursday’s game, the Cardinals traded for Kenyan Drake on Monday, giving up a conditional sixth-round pick in 2020.
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Underdogs have cashed six of eight Thursday night tickets this season. However, the favorite has won the last four Thursday contests.7.
TRENDS
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Arizona is 3-8-1 SU in its last 12 games
Arizona is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Arizona is 1-5-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Arizona is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing San Francisco
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing San Francisco
Arizona is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing at home against San Francisco
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
San Francisco is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games on the road
San Francisco is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Arizona
San Francisco is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games when playing Arizona
San Francisco is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Arizona
San Francisco is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona