49ers vs Arizona Cardinals Odds and Predictions
The 101st season of the National Football League (NFL) is set to begin on September 10th with Chiefs taking on Texans in the inaugural with numerous games lined up for the Sunday night. The regular season is expected to go on until the 3rd of Jan 2021 with the Super Bowl played on February 7th 2021.
But the game that has excited the fans is the one between 49ers and Cardinals on Sunday. The 49ers had an amazing 2019 season by clinching the NFC West in addition to the number one seed. They also advanced to the NFC Championship game and then to Super Bowl before throwing away a lead against the Chiefs.
Looking at the Cardinals last season, they had a dismal performance overall by finishing 4th in NFC West and failed to qualify for the play-offs despite putting up a better performance than 2018. Even though the 49ers are heavily favored in this, Cardinals have little to lose.
49ers vs Cardinals Odds and Predictions Summary
49ers set to win comfortably
NFL San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals Predictions, Preview and Odds : Recent Form
All the pre-season games were cancelled with COVID cases increasing exponentially. But the players have had some off-time and are coming afresh into the new season.
The 49ers had a dominating run in the last season with massive wins against Vikings in NFL Divisional Round and against Packers in NFL Conference Championships barring that disappointing defeat in the super bowl. Their last defeat came against Falcons in December.
On the other hand, the Cardinals have managed only two wins in the last six games. They faced some humiliating defeats against Rams and 49ers. The two wins were against Seahawks and Browns.
NFL San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals Predictions, Preview and Odds : Head to head
Even though the historic matchups wouldn’t matter for the upcoming game, it is important to know as to who dominated whom in the previous meetings. Even though the Cardinals look like the underdogs they have always presented a formidable challenge when they face 49ers.
The two teams have met on 57 occasions in regular season with 49ers having a slight edge with 31 wins whereas the Cardinals have 26 wins in 70 years.
In the last season, 49ers scored victories in both the games that they played after a loss streak of eight games to Cardinals dating back to 2014.
NFL San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals Predictions, Preview and Odds : Where to Watch?
Date: September 13
Time : 4 : 25 PM ET
Channel: ESPN
Live stream: WatchESPN
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NFL San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals Predictions, Preview and Odds Analysis
The prediction markets have gone on to suggest a domination by 49ers in this particular clash. According to Bet365, the odds they have given suggests an outright victory for the hosts. They have the got the odds of 10/31 whereas the Cardinals have outside chance with the odds of 5/2.
Skybet, prediction platform from Sky Network have also given similar odds with 49ers getting 1/3 odds while the odds for the away team remaining at 5/2. They are also suggesting the home team to have a comfortable win in this game.
The oddschecker, known for giving the best odds accumulating all the odds have also gone in the direction of the other platforms. They have given the best odds of 1/3 to the 49ers while Cardinals have got 51/20 odds. They have also suggested that more than 60% of bets are in favor of the home team triumph.
The Betway is the only platform to give a slightly close odds between the teams. It has gone on to provide odds of 4/13 to 49ers and 27/11 to the underdogs.
FiveThirtyEight gives 49ers 73% chances of winning while the chances of winning for Cardinals stands at mere 17%.