Monday Night Football: Chicago Bears vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Prediction
2 min readThis weeks Monday Night Football game is between a pair of teams heading in different directions. The Steelers (4-3) are contenders in the AFC North division, which is still up for grabs pending that Sunday afternoon game between Cleveland and Cincy at the time of this posting. While the Bears (3-5) have lost three in a row and probably can’t wait for this game to be over as they enter a bye week after this contest.
America’s Bookie:Spread: Steelers -6.5
The Bears are 3-5 on the season, both straight up and ATS, after losing to the 49ers last week.
Pittsburgh knocked off Cleveland 15-10 as a 5.5-point road underdog in their previous contest last Sunday.
On the season, the Bears are 32nd in the league in passing offense with 127.4 yards per game while they are 6th in rushing by averaging 136.6 yards per contest.
The Steelers enter this one having won three straight games after downing Cleveland on the road last week, improving to 4-3 straight up and 3-4 ATS this season.
The Steelers are 17th in the league in passing offense with 244.4 yards per game on the season and 28th in rushing with 86 yards per game. Pittsburgh is 26th in the league in scoring offense with 18.9 pp contest and 7th in scoring defense as they allow 20.3 ppg.
Betting Trends
The Steelers are 13-4 at home in their last 17 games
The Over is 2-5 in Steelers games in their last 7 games
The Steelers are 2-5 ATS at home in their last 7 games
The Steelers are 0-6 ATS as favorites in their last 6 games
The Bears are 2-6 ATS as away underdogs in their last 8 games
The Over is 1-6 in Bears games in their last 7 games
The Bears are 1-6 ATS as underdogs in their last 7 games
Like most of Pittsburgh’s games, this should be a close, low-scoring affair
The Steelers are 27-5 on MNF but something tells me the spread under a touchdown is begging us to take Pittsburgh.
Have you ever had to sit in a sweat box for 4 + hours having to watch a bears game when you have money on thier backs?
Tonight is one of those nights!
Prediction: Bears (+6.5)
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