New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons NFL Week 18 Odds, Plays and Insights

Jan 04, 2022

Check out odds, plays and more for the New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons NFL Week 18 matchup on January 9, 2022.

NFC South rivals will clash in NFL Week 18 action when the New Orleans Saints (8-8) battle the Atlanta Falcons (7-9).

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Odds for Saints vs. Falcons

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New Orleans and its opponents have combined to put up more than 40 points in nine of 16 games this season.
Atlanta has combined with its opponents to score more than 40 points in 10 of 16 games this season.
Sunday's over/under is 0.8 points higher than the combined 39.2 PPG average of the two teams.
The 46.5 points per game these two squads have allowed to opponents this season are 6.5 more than the 40 total in this contest.
Saints games this season feature an average total of 43.6 points, a number 3.6 points higher than Sunday's over/under.
The 47.1 PPG average total in Falcons games this season is 7.1 points more than this game's over/under.

In New Orleans' 16 games this season, it has eight wins against the spread.
The Saints have been favored by 4.5 points or more five times this season and have covered the spread in two of them.
New Orleans' games this year have eclipsed the over/under in 37.5% of its opportunities (six times in 16 games with a set point total).
The Saints put up 20.9 points per game, 5.9 fewer than the Falcons give up per matchup (26.8).
New Orleans is 5-1 against the spread and 5-1 overall this season when the team notches more than 26.8 points.
The Saints rack up 63.6 fewer yards per game (300.5) than the Falcons give up per contest (364.1).
When New Orleans totals over 364.1 yards, the team is 2-3 against the spread and 1-4 overall.
The Saints have turned the ball over 18 times this season, two fewer than the Falcons have forced (20).
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Atlanta has five wins against the spread in 16 games this season.
This year, the Falcons have just one against the spread win in seven games as an underdog of 4.5 points or more.
Atlanta's games this year have gone over the total in six out of 16 opportunities (37.5%).
This year the Falcons rack up just 1.4 fewer points per game (18.3) than the Saints give up (19.7).
When Atlanta scores more than 19.7 points, it is 4-4 against the spread and 6-2 overall.
The Falcons average just 15.4 fewer yards per game (306.7) than the Saints allow per matchup (322.1).
When Atlanta amasses more than 322.1 yards, the team is 3-4 against the spread and 4-3 overall.
This season the Falcons have turned the ball over 23 times, one more than the Saints' takeaways (22).

Atlanta has covered the spread once at home, and is 2-5 overall there, this season.
The Falcons are winless ATS (0-1) as 4.5-point underdogs or more at home.
Atlanta has gone over the total twice in seven home games this year.
The average point total in Falcons home games this season is 46.9 points, 6.9 more than this contest's over/under (40).
On the road, New Orleans is 5-3 overall and 5-3 against the spread.
Away from home, the Saints have one win ATS (1-1) as 4.5-point favorites or more.
In three of eight away games this year, New Orleans has hit the over.
The average point total in Saints away games this season is 43.5 points, 3.5 more than this matchup's over/under (40).