The 7-5 Cincinnati Bengals host the 6-6 Dallas Cowboys in NFL week 14. Cincinnati opened the week as -2 point spread favorites and have moved a half point since to see most sportsbooks offer Cincinnati -3 (-115) Dallas +3 (+104). The latest NFL Odds see the Bengals trading around -160 ($1.63) while the Cowboys are priced up to +150 ($2.50). The over under total is trading at O/U 45.5 which is where it opened the week.
Andy Dalton's Bengals will look to make it 5 wins in a row this weekend having taken care of the Chargers (20-13), Raiders (34-10), Chiefs (28-6) and Giants (31-13) in recent weeks. Cincinnati have a positive point per game differential of +3.5 having averaged 25.17 while conceding 21.67. They also sport a positive yards per play differential of +.30 having gained an average of 5.5 yards per play on offense while allowing 5.2 yards on defense. NFL wagering results for the Bengals see them with a 6-5-1 (+$70) point spread record, 5-7 over under record and they are showing a profit of +$119 against the open and +$173 against the closing moneyline odds (for $100 bets each week).
Dallas is coming off a 38-33 win over the Eagles last week. Other recent results include wins against the Browns (23-20) and Eagles in week (38-23) and a loss to the Redskins (31-38) in week 12. The Cowboys are 4-8 (-$420) in NFL Point Spread Results , 6-6 in over under betting and they are showing a loss of -$182 open and -$202 close against the moneyline odds.
The last time they met was back in 2008, the Cowboys prevailed 31-22 as -1000 ($1.10) home favorites. The Bengals covered the +16 point spread and the combined game total of 53 points went over the closing O/U line of O/U45.5 by 7.5 points.
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