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Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints meet at Caesars Superdome.

Oddsmakers opened the Buccaneers as -4-point favorites versus the Saints, while the game's total opened at 49.5.

New Orleans won its last outing, a 13-10 result against the Seahawks on October 25. The Saints failed to cover in that game as a -6-point favorite, while the 23 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

Tampa Bay was a 38-3 winner in its last match at home against the Bears. They covered the -12-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 41 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Tampa Bay:
Team record: 6-1 SU,3-4 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
Tampa Bay is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road

New Orleans:
Team record: 4-2 SU,3-3 ATS
New Orleans is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans's last 9 games
New Orleans is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home

Next up:
Tampa Bay at Washington Sunday, November 14
New Orleans home to Atlanta Sunday, November 7