The Green Bay Packers will travel to face the New York Giants in an NFL pro game on Sunday night football. Kick off time from New York is set for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBC.
The betting odds came out with the home team New York Giants favored by -1 point with the total coming in at 49 ½ points. Early money has shown on the side of the home team as the Giants are now favored by -3 points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current number of 50 points.
The teams met in the playoffs last year with the Giants posting the 37-20 road win at Green Bay as a +8 ½ point underdog. The game went over 54 points. NFL Trend: The over is 3-0 in their past three head to head meetings.
Green Bay has won two straight. They improve to 7-3 on the season following a 24-20 road win at the Detroit Lions last week as a -3 point betting favorite. The total went under 53 ½ points. The Packers overcame a six point deficit with two late scores. They put up 314 yards of offense with 95 from their ground game on 29 carries. Green Bay commits one turnover and takes four from Detroit. Aaron Rodgers completed 19 of 27 passes with 236 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Rogers has 27 touchdowns and 6 picks this year and no game with more than 1 interception. Green Bay allows Detroit 362 yards of offense with 110 coming from their run game on 24 rushes. The Packers are now tied in the NFC North with the Chicago Bears.
The Giants are coming off the bye week. New York has lost two straight. They fall to 6-4 on the season after a 31-13 road defeat in week ten against the Cincinnati Bengals as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The total went under 47 points. After falling behind 17-6 at the half the Giants allow Cincinnati 14 unanswered third quarter points in defeat. Their offense gained 318 yards with 129 from their run attack on 20 carries. They have four turnovers and take one from Cincinnati. Eli Manning hits on 29 of 46 passes for 215 yards with two touchdowns. Manning has no touchdown passes and four interceptions in his past three games. New York Giants allowed the Cincinnati offense to gain 275 yards with 76 from their ground game on 28 attempts from scrimmage. Teams are having success throwing against the Giants as the team ranks 25th in the league as they allow 257 yards passing a game.