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20 Betting Facts About Super Bowl LVII

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The Super Bowl is one of the most heavily bet sporting events yearly, and this season won't be any different. The two top-scoring offenses in the NFL are set to clash on Sunday, Feb. 12, as the 57th Super Bowl champion will be crowned. Despite the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs being ranked first and second in points scored this season, the trends actually point to this game going Under.

Let’s take a look at some other trends heading into the NFL's biggest day.

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20 Betting Facts About Super Bowl LVII

  1. The Chiefs have only covered the spread seven times in their 19 games this season. They have covered in three of their last five games.
  2. The Eagles are just 2-4 in their last six against the spread, but they have covered as favorites in both playoff games. With Jalen Hurts under center, they are 10-7 against the spread this year.
  3. The Under has hit in four of the last five Chiefs' games and five of the last six Eagles' games.
  4. Oddsmakers have not set the total for a single Eagles game above 49.5 this season. The current total is set at 50 after opening at 49.5.
  5. The total has been set at 50 or more in 11 of the Chiefs' 19 games this season. Of those 11 games, the Over has hit just three times. 
  6. The favorite has won three of the last four Super Bowls, but they have only covered the spread twice.
  7. The Under has hit in four consecutive Super Bowls. When the total is set at 50 or higher, the Under has hit nine out of 13 times.
  8. The Chiefs are making their fifth Super Bowl appearance and third in the last four seasons. They are 2-2, both SU and ATS. In Super Bowl IV, they also pulled off what is now the third-largest upset in Super Bowl history.
  9. Patrick Mahomes has never been the underdog in a Super Bowl. He and the Chiefs covered the spread by nearly 10 points in their 31-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers, then lost by 22 the next year to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Under has cashed in both Super Bowls featuring Mahomes.
  10. The Eagles are playing in their fourth Super Bowl. In those three appearances, they are 1-2 SU and 2-1 ATS. In every Super Bowl game they have played, the underdog has covered the spread.
  11. Since 2000, the Chiefs and Eagles have only played each other six times. The Chiefs, in their last three meetings, are 3-0 SU and ATS. The Over has cashed in two of those three meetings.
  12. The Chiefs are 6-0 ATS in their last six against the NFC and 11-2 SU in their last 13 against the NFC East.
  13. The Eagles are 7-0 SU in their last seven games against the AFC. The total has gone Over in eight of their last 10 against the AFC West.
  14. Jalen Hurts and Travis Kelce currently have the shortest odds across the major sportsbooks to score an anytime touchdown. Hurts has scored a touchdown in 11 of 17 games this season, including one in both playoff games. Kelce has scored in nine of 19 games, including both postseason matchups this year. Kelce went six consecutive games without a touchdown at the end of the regular season.
  15. At the start of the season, the Chiefs had the third-shortest odds to win the Super Bowl (+1000). The Eagles were +2400, which was 13th-best in the league.
  16. 25 teams have won both the coin toss and the Super Bowl in the same year. The odds for this happening this season are over +250 for both teams at multiple sportsbooks. For eight consecutive seasons, the coin toss winner has lost the Super Bowl.
  17. In 56 Super Bowls, tails has been the winner of the coin toss 29 times, while heads has been the winner 27 times.
  18. The Super Bowl MVP award has gone to the quarterback of the winning team in nine of the last 13 Super Bowls. Last season's MVP was Cooper Kupp, the second wide receiver in four years to win the award. The last defensive player to win the award was Von Miller in 2016. That came two years after Malcolm Smith won with the Seattle Seahawks.
  19. A running back has not won Super Bowl MVP since 1998 when Terrell Davis won it with the Denver Broncos. Miles Sanders is currently +2200 to win MVP, while Isiah Pacheco is +3500, and Jerick McKinnon is +5000. For those looking to wager on Pacheco, a rookie has never won Super Bowl MVP.
  20. There have been nine total safeties scored in the Super Bowl. There has never been more than one safety in a single Super Bowl. The most recent safety came in Super Bowl XLVIII. It was the last in a series of three consecutive Super Bowls that featured a safety.

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