So no perfect season for the Green Bay Packers then in the NFL. Their unbeaten season came crashing down last weekend, as they got their first taste of defeat for the season against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a real turn up for the books, with the struggling Chiefs managing to hang on for a 19-14 victory over the success story of the NFL season. Didn’t see that one coming, but it should not make too much difference in the long run. There are just two games left on the season now, and while the Green Bay Packers have clinched their division, the NFC North, they will secure the Conference with a win in their last two matches. The New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers are both two games back from them, so the Packers need to only pick up one more win to clinch the NFC Conference too. It should happen. They can get the job done on Boxing Day, as the big match of the day, well, the only one, but it is a big one, is the divisional match up as we take a look at Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers betting. The majority of the NFL play on Christmas Eve, while the Packers get to take centre stage on Boxing Day. One final match of the round, the Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints goes off on December 27th. So the focus on the Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers betting is all about the Wisconsin franchise getting that one win they need to clinch the conference. The Green Bay Packers hold a 6-0 home record for the season, and go up against a Bears side which have won only twice on the road in six attempts this season.
The Packers’ prolific offense was kept somewhat quiet against Kansas City, but the Bears are probably fearing the worst, that they are going to be in line for the Green Bay backlash. So far this season, the Packers are 4-0 against divisional rivals, and have gone 10-0 against Conference rivals. So they will still be firm favourites to pick up a Boxing Day win. They couldn’t pull off the perfect season, but they have still far too much power in the tank to be deprived of topping the Conference at this point. They are the NFL’s top scorers and have racked up 165 more offensive points on the season that Boxing Day opponents, the Chicago Bears. The Green Bay defence though has not been perfect this season at all, and the defending Superbowl Champions have relied on their offensive power to get them through some tough times, when their winning streak was still intact. The defensive lapses cost them badly against the Chiefs last weekend, unable to keep out the big plays, especially when trying to see games out after building leads. They have been vulnerable at the back, but the passing weapons that quarterback Aaron Rodgers has is really the pinnacle of a very good team going forward. They did lose a couple of offensive tackles in the game against the Chiefs, so a little reshuffle is going to be needed. The focus is on their injury list, which is starting to catch up with them as look to close out the regular season on positives. That being said, can’t see the Bears having enough in offense to take advantage of a weakened, perhaps susceptible Green Bay on Boxing Day.
That small blip on their season, hasn’t changed much in the betting odds for the Green Bay Packers going ahead to defend their Superbowl title this year. The Packers are still trading at 13/8 with Bet365, clear and outright favourites in the American Football market. Behind them, the AFC’s New England Patriots, who are clicking along at 11-3 for the season, are second favourites behind the Packers, but well back at 4/1 with Totesport, and then the NFC’s New Orleans Saints, on the same season record as the Patriots, are just out a little further at 5/1 with William Hill. The race is on for the final jostling of positions for the post season in the NFL.
Interestingly, in what turned out to be a thrilling weekend of action last time out, the Indianapolis Colts actually won their first game of the season at the fourteenth time of asking. They beat out the Tennessee Titans and the word is that star quarter back Peyton Manning, who has been missing all season with injury, won’t be back for the final two matches.
In the NFC Conference, the Green Bay Packers are still 8/11 at SkyBet to take the Conference, tracked by their biggest threats, the New Orleans Saints at 11/4 with Bet365. In the AFC it is the Patriots who are dominating the NFL Betting market in this one, priced at 5/4 with Totesport, with their nearest challengers being the Baltimore Ravens back out at 10/3 with BetFred.
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Bears @ Packers Betting Odds at BetFair
Packers 1/7, Bears 5/1
Bears @ Packers Betting Points Spread
Look for around +13 for the Bears, should be priced around Evens
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