By the end of this weekend sports bettors will know which two NFL teams will clash in Super Bowl LI in Houston on Sunday, Feb. 5 following this Sunday?s conference championships in the AFC and NFC. Also on the betting board at America?s Bookie this weekend is a full complement of basketball action in both the NBA and at the college level. You can get betting odds for the NHL and European soccer as well as golf on the PGA Tour and tennis with the Australian Open in full swing. If you love to bet on boxing as well as MMA, there are futures odds posted for some big-named upcoming bouts.
Championship Sunday in the NFL gets underway at 3:05 p.m. with the Green Bay Packers going on the road to face the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC title game. America?s Bookie has the Falcons listed as five-point home favorites and the betting line for the total has been set at 60.
Green Bay has won its last eight games SU while going 7-1 ATS and Atlanta brings a SU five-game winning streak into this title showdown with a 4-1 record ATS. The Packers have a 4-1 edge ATS in their last five road games against Atlanta and the total has gone OVER in eight of the last 12 meetings overall.
In a 6:40 p.m. kickoff on NBC, the Pittsburgh Steelers head into Gillette Stadium as six-point underdogs against the New England Patriots. The total line for this AFC title clash at America?s Bookie has been set at 50.5.
The Steelers have the longest SU winning streak in the NFL at nine games and they have gone 7-1-1 ATS during this run. The total has stayed UNDER in six of their last nine games. New England went 14-2 SU in the regular season with a 13-3 record ATS. It has won its last eight games SU with a 7-1 mark ATS. The total has gone OVER in three of the Patriots? last five games. New England has a 4-1 SU edge in its last five home games against Pittsburgh.