New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons - NFL - Predictions, Betting Lines, Odds and Trends

The New Orleans Saints (0-0) visit the Atlanta Falcons (0-0) on Sunday, September 11, 2022 in matchup between NFC South rivals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta is a 5.5-point underdog. The over/under is set at 42.5 for the outing.

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Saints and Falcons: Betting Trends

The Saints’ record against the spread last season was 9-8-0.
As a 5.5-point favorite or more, the Saints had one win ATS (1-2) last year.
Out of 17 Saints games last season, seven hit the over.
The Saints won five of the eight games they were listed as the moneyline favorite last season (62.5%).
The Saints finished 1-2 last year (winning just 33.3% of their games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -233 or shorter.
Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Saints’ implied win probability is 70.0%.
Falcons posted a 6-10-1 record against the spread last season.
The Falcons won once ATS (1-5-1) as underdogs of 5.5 points or greater last season.
Last season, seven of the Falcons’ 17 games went over the point total.
The Falcons were underdogs 11 times last season and won three, or 27.3%, of those games.
The Falcons had a record of 1-6 when they were set as an underdog of +191 or more by sportsbooks last season.

Over/Under Trends

Saints games finished with more than 42.5 points eight times last year.
There were 11 Falcons games last year with more than 42.5 points scored.
Last year’s combined scoring average for these two teams (39.8 points per game) is 2.7 fewer than the total for this contest.
These two teams allowed a combined 46.7 points per game a year ago, 4.2 higher than the total for this matchup.
The point total average for Saints games last season was 43.2, 0.7 points higher than the over/under for this matchup.
The average total points scored in Falcons games last year (42.5) is 4.2 points higher than the total for this matchup.

Saints Players to Watch

Alvin Kamara finished 80th overall among all players and 18th among all RBs in 2021 with 187.7 fantasy points (11.0 per game).
Kamara recorded total 187.7 fantasy points last season (14.4 per game), which made him the 80th-ranked player overall and the 18th-ranked RB.
Last year, Taysom Hill finished 195th overall and ninth among TEs with 117.7 fantasy points (averaging 6.9 per game).
Hill put together the 195th-ranked fantasy season (ninth among TEs) in 2021 with 117.7 fantasy points, averaging 9.8 per game.

Falcons Players to Watch

Cordarrelle Patterson’s stellar 2021 fantasy campaign saw him rack up 182.6 fantasy points (10.7 per game) and finish 87th overall among all players and 23rd among all RBs.
Patterson placed 23rd among RBs and 87th league-wide in fantasy standings after totaling 182.6 fantasy points (11.4 per game) last season.
Last year, Kyle Pitts’ 108.6 total fantasy points made him the No. 216 fantasy player and No. 16 TE. He averaged 6.4 fantasy points per game.
Pitts put together the 216th-ranked fantasy season (16th among TEs) last season. He totaled 108.6 fantasy points (6.4 per game).