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Ravens — Bengals Wild Card Betting Trends

Unless Lamar Jackson miraculously suits up for the Ravens, the Bengals should win.
Ravens — Bengals Wild Card Betting Trends
Ravens — Bengals Wild Card Betting Trends

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The Ravens have an uphill battle to beat the Bengals in the Wild Card round of the AFC playoffs.

Here are the betting trends, according to FanDuel.

  • Moneyline: BAL (+235) | CIN: (-290)
  • Spread: BAL: +6.5 (-110) | CIN: -6.5 (-110)
  • Total: 43.5 —Over: (-110) | Under: (-110)

"Unless Lamar Jackson miraculously suits up for the Ravens this week, I like the Bengals' chances of advancing," FanDuel's Devon Platana wrote. "Baltimore is 2-7 straight up in the last nine games that Jackson has missed and the offense tends to suffer when he's sidelined, averaging just 13 points during his latest five-game absence."

More trends

  • Baltimore is 0-5 straight up in its last five games in January.
  • Cincinnati is 7-1 against the spread (ATS) in its last eight games.
  • The total has hit the over in four of Baltimore's last five road games against Cincinnati.
  • The total has hit the under in four of Cincinnati's last six games.

Prediction: Bengals: 28, Ravens: 19

"As far as the best bet goes, I'm going with the Bengals on the spread. Not only did they just beat the Ravens by two possessions, but the Bengals are also 7-1 ATS during their eight-game winning streak while also being 8-4 ATS in their last 12 AFC North matchups," Platana wrote.


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Todd Karpovich
TODD KARPOVICH

Twitter: @toddkarpovich Email: todd.karpovich@gmail.com Skype: todd.karpovich Todd Karpovich has been a contributor for ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Lindy's, and The Baltimore Sun, among other media outlets nationwide. He is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box,” “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles,” and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs).” Karpovich, a Baltimore native, is a graduate of Calvert Hall College high school, Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, and has a Masters of Science from Towson University. 

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