The legal gambling sites spread favors the Pittsburgh Steelers by three points over the Baltimore Ravens. This game will be fun to watch for the same reason NASCAR is fun to watch. As Steelers starting QB Ben Roethlisberger puts it, “you feel like you’ve been in about five or six car wrecks.” If rookies and newcomers to both teams take this game lightly, they are in for a rude awakening. And the alarm clock ringtone will be the crunching and snapping of bones. According to Ravens offensive tackle James Hurst, history will not come into play this Sunday. “It doesn’t matter,” Hurst said. “It’s going to be a three-point game — something like that. We know that going in.” He must be a gambling man. Because, as noted above, that’s by how much the best online sportsbooks favor Pittsburgh.
Betting Baltimore
The Ravens’ running game hasn’t done much this season. Nor has it been required to do so. ‘Skinny’ Joe Flacco is experiencing a latter-day renaissance. And he has been spreading the love about evenly amongst his targets. Nonetheless, Baltimore hasn’t completely abandoned the running game. Or at least so hopes running back Alex Collins.
“With a good run game, it’s hard to stop an offense,” he said. “I feel like when you’ve got all sides of an offense working, there is no answer. I’d rather it be that way than only the pass game’s working and eventually, they may find an answer for that.”
Betting Pittsburgh
Like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, the Steelers do their best work at night. Pittsburgh has won 13 prime time games in a row by an average of 11.7 points. Including a Monday Night Football 30-27 win over the Bucs this Monday. In which they also covered the sports gambling online spread as one-point road dogs.
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Week 4 Betting Preview
- Date: September 30
- Time: 8:20 p.m. ET at
- Venue: Heinz Field
Lines from MyBookie.ag:
- BALTIMORE RAVENS +3 (-109) 50½ (-110) +136
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS -3 (-111) 50½ (-110) -156
Baltimore Team Stats
Offense
- Points per game: 32.3 (5th)
- Total yards per game: 378.7 (14th)
- Passing yards per game: 292.0 (9th)
- Rushing yards per game: 86.7 (26th)
Defense
- Points allowed per game: 17.0 (5th)
- Total yards allowed per game: 273.0 (1st)
- Passing yards allowed per game 169.3 (2nd)
- Rushing yards allowed per game: 103.7 (13th)
Pittsburgh Team Stats
Offense
- Points per game: 29.3 (7th)
- Total yards per game: 453.3 (3rd)
- Passing yards per game: 363.3 (2nd)
- Rushing yards per game: 90.0 (23rd)
Defense
- Points allowed per game: 30.0 (28th)
- Total yards allowed per game: 410.3 (29th)
- Passing yards allowed per game: 288.0 (28th)
- Rushing yards allowed per game: 122.3 (25th)
Betting Trends
- Baltimore is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
- The Ravens are 4-11 SU in its last 15 games on the road
- Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
- The Steelers are 11-3-1 SU in its last 15 games
- Pittsburgh is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games at home
It doesn’t ever get closer to call than a Ravens-Steelers matchup. As a matter of fact, four of the last six encounters in the rivalry have been decided by four points or fewer. The two teams have split their last 30 meetings. The Ravens have covered the sports gambling online spread in half of those games. The Steelers have 13 covers in that span. The two remaining contests were pushes. All of which is to say that you might be more comfortable betting on the total. Baltimore’s defense, arguably the best in the league, could very reasonably keep the total under the 50 points.
