The Philadelphia Eagles host the Detroit Lions in NFL Week 6 action. The Eagles are home favorites for this clash with the current NFL Spread Eagles -3.5 Lions +3.5, which is in two full points from the opener of -/+5.5. Support has also been coming for Detroit in the money line market with their opening odds of +210 ($3.10) having dropped to around +166 ($2.66) currently while the Eagles are around -180 ($1.56). The current over under total is O/U 48 which is out half a point from the opener.
Currently around 54% of the point spread wagers that have been placed with a Top Sportsbook have been on the Lions. The moneyline odds wager count shows players have a similar liking for Detroit with them attracting around 68% of wagers. The over wager has attracted 61% of wagers in the totals market.
The Eagles are 3-2 having averaged 16 points per game while allowing an average of 19.80 for a differential of -3.80. They have had wins against CLE (17-16), BAL (24-23) and NYG (19-17) and their two losses have come against ARI (6-27) and last week against PIT (14-16).
The Detroit Lions are fresh off the bye last week. Prior to the bye they lost to the Vikings (13-20), Titans (41-44) and 49ers (19-27) with their lone victory coming in week one against the Rams (27-23). They have averaged 25 points per game while conceding 28.5 for a negative differential of -3.50.
The last two regular season meetings between the Eagles and Lions has seen victories to Philadelphia (56-21) in 2007 and (35-32) in 2010. The Lions covered the spread of +7 in the later match and on both occasions the over under results saw the over bet cover comfortably.
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