Steelers vs Cardinals Super Bowl Betting Odds
Super Bowl XLIII is a mere four days away and the rhetoric is heating up with both teams arriving in Tampa this week for the media onslaught. Despite all the…
Super Bowl XLIII is a mere four days away and the rhetoric is heating up with both teams arriving in Tampa this week for the media onslaught. Despite all the talk, the Steelers are still listed as a big -7 against the spread favorite to take home the Lombardi Trophy. Steelers vs Cardinals Super Bowl betting odds at SBGglobal.com are also favoring Pittsburgh to be the first team to put points on the scoreboard at -150 on the moneyline.
While this may seem like an innocuous bet (team to score first), it could, in fact, have an huge impact on the game. Need proof? Look no further than the Arizona Cardinals. In 16 regular season games the Cardinals scored first eight times; they won six of those games (75 percent). They only mustered three wins the eight times that they did not score first, and those three wins came against division opponents St. Louis, Seattle, and San Francisco (a combined 27 percent win percentage).
Arizona has scored first twice in their three playoff wins, but still scored a big road win against Carolina despite the Panthers opening drive touchdown.
It would appear that the Steelers actually have better results when they do not score first. While Pittsburgh has won seven of the 10 games in which they scored first (counting the AFC Championship win versus Baltimore) for a 70 percent win percentage; they have won six of the seven games that they did not score first in for a guady 86 percent win percentage.
In 10 NFL Playoff games this year, the losing team has scored first six times. Arizona, as mentioned, has two of the four wins for team's scoring first, the Steelers and the Eagles have the other two.
SBGglobal.com's Steelers vs Cardinals Super Bowl Betting Odds:
Team to Score First in the Game:
Steelers -150
Cardinals +120
Team to Score Last in the Game:
Steelers -130
Cardinals +100
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