Best Bets, Odds for the Saints vs. Buccaneers Game – Week 18
Published 12:37 pm Friday, January 3, 2025
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) host a struggling New Orleans Saints (5-11) squad on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at Raymond James Stadium (and best bets are available). The Saints have lost three straight games.
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Saints vs. Buccaneers Matchup Info
- Game Date: Sunday, January 5, 2025
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
- Venue: Raymond James Stadium
- Location: Tampa, Florida
- TV: FOX
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- Tickets: Get tickets for this game at StubHub
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Best Moneyline Bet
- Our computers expect the same result as BetMGM, but have the Buccaneers winning by a considerably more robust margin (18.9 points). Take the Buccaneers.
- The implied probability for this matchup, considering the moneyline, gives the Buccaneers a 90.0% chance to win.
- The Buccaneers have won 75% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (6-2).
- Tampa Bay has yet to play as a moneyline favorite of -901 or shorter.
- This season, the Saints have been the underdog 12 times and won three, or 25%, of those games.
- New Orleans has played as an underdog of +600 or more once this season and lost that game.
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Against the Spread Pick
- Pick ATS: Buccaneers (-14)
- The Buccaneers have put together a 10-6-0 record against the spread this season.
- The Saints have covered the spread six times this season (6-10-0).
- New Orleans is winless against the spread when it’s 14-point underdogs or more (0-1).
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Best Over/Under Pick
- Pick OU: Over (43.5)
- These two teams average a combined 49.6 points per game, 6.1 more points than the over/under of 43.5 set for this game.
- Opponents of the two teams average a combined 2.6 more points per game, 46.1 (including the postseason), than this matchup’s total of 43.5 points.
- Buccaneers games have hit the over on 11 of 16 occasions (68.8%).
- Seven of the Saints’ 16 games with a set total have hit the over (43.8%).
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