Well then. I'm not sure if that is confidence in the 49ers at home, or lack of confidence in the Lions on the road (or really just in general). Bodog has the 49ers as 12 point favorites at the moment. I did some poking around and it looks like the 49ers actually opened as a 10.5 point favorite, so the money would appear to be coming in on the 49ers. Whatever the case, you're not going to win much money on the 49ers betting on this game.
In the meantime, here are some gambling stats heading into this week, courtesy of Capper's Picks and TheSpread.com (ATS - against the spread; SU - straight up). I actually found a link that provides even more useful gambling information.:
- San Francisco is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home
- San Francisco is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
- San Francisco is 8-2-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Detroit
- San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco's last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit's last 12 games on the road
- Detroit is 2-6-1 ATS in its last 9 games
- Detroit is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Francisco
- Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco
- Detroit is 36-55 ATS in games played on a grass field since 1992
- Detroit is 4-14 ATS in road games against NFC West division opponents since 1992