The final Monday Night Football contest of the regular season will feature Lions vs. 49ers, with Detroit looking to secure the NFC North and No. 1 seed in the conference. That urgency could play huge in this game, and predictions that have already been made for Lions vs. 49ers don’t seem to indicate that bettors anticipate San Francisco playing spoiler.
Below, we’ll take a look at the Lions vs. 49ers predictions on the moneyline, spread and game total by breaking down the betting splits for this Monday Night Football matchup. Following that, you’ll find some of the betable streaks that are active for this matchup.
Game splits
Moneyline
Detroit (-205) has seen 94% of the moneyline bets and 94% of the moneyline handle to this point. No sharp lean in either direction, but most bettors are clearly expecting the Lions to take care of business vs. the 6-9 49ers.
Spread
Similar situation to the moneyline, although there is a slight sharp lean in one direction.
Ninety-one percent of the spread bets for this Monday Night Football matchup have gone in the Lions’ favor. Those picks have accounted for 93% of the spread handle.
With this lean toward Detroit, the spread has not dipped below its opening mark of 3-even yet. It’s gone as high as 4-even so far. Still significant given we’re circling around the key number of 3-even, but the sort of lean we’ve seen could warrant a slightly larger boost.
Regardless, if you’re looking to back the Lions ATS vs. the 49ers, it might be best to hunt -2.5 when you can get it at the best value as the spread continues to adjust on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Total
After opening at 51.5, this dipped to 51-even, then 50.5. That’s it. Not much in the way of movement.
Meanwhile, bettors have been attacking the over. Seventy-two percent of the game-total handle for Week 17’s Monday Night Football matchup has gone toward the over on 59% of the bets.
Trends to note
To close things out, here are a few trends to consider before making your Lions vs. 49ers Monday Night Football predictions:
- The 49ers won each of their last 14 home games vs. the Lions.
- Detroit has won the first half as the road favorite vs. NFC teams in nine straight.
- The Lions covered the spread in each of their eight prior road games vs. NFC opponents.
- In the last seven instances that the Lions were favored vs. the NFC, Detroit scored the game’s first touchdown.
- Jahmyr Gibbs has scored a touchdown in each of the last six December games that the Lions were favored.
- Jameson Williams logged 53-plus receiving yards in the last four games that the Lions were road favorites. (Receiving yards O/U is 51.5.)
- Tim Patrick has 30-plus receiving yards in each of the last four games he played in which his team was coming off a win. (Receiving yards O/U is 27.5.)
- The 49ers lost the first quarter in each of the last four games that they were playing as the underdog.
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