Cardinals face surging Rams tonight
ST. LOUIS, MO (The Spread) – The Arizona Cardinals are struggling to hold on to their NFC West division lead. Can they hold off the surging St. Louis Rams tonight at 8:25PM ET?
The Cardinals snapped a two-game losing streak last Sunday with a 17-14 win over the Chiefs at home. The win propelled Arizona to 10-3 on the season and kept the Cards one game ahead of Seattle in the NFC West with a game against the Seahawks looming next week. Arizona is 9-4 against the spread this season, but just 1-2 against the spread in their last three.
St. Louis is coming off a 24-0 win over the Redskins last week. St. Louis has now won three of its last four and two straight. The Rams have shutout their last two opponents coming into this game and they are 7-6 against the spread. St. Louis has covered the spread in four straight entering this game.
Oddsmakers like the Rams at home tonight, as oddsmakers from Bovada.lv have given St. Louis odds of -4.5 points against the Cardinals. The over/under total for the game has been set at 40.5 points (View Matchup). The home team has won four of the last five in this series, but the Cardinals have covered the spread in five of their last seven against the Rams. Arizona picked up a 31-14 win over St. Louis at home back on Nov. 9.
The Rams’ defense has really been clicking over the last month. Though the season numbers aren’t strong, they face another offense that is struggling right now. Arizona is without Andre Ellington in the backfield the rest of the season and quarterback Drew Stanton hasn’t been on top of his game. Last week he completed just 50 percent of his passes in the win and he has completed just 54.5 percent of his passes this season.
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