Trying to beat the Super Bowl odds is never something that is easy to do, and that’s why there are a lot of amateurs that struggling with the Super Bowl gambling lines every year. However, history could be very important in this duel between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, and we are going to take the time to show you the most important Super Bowl betting trends for the game.

Patriots vs. Giants All-Time Series
2011: New York 24 – New England 20
2008: New York 17 – New England 14
2007: New England 38 – New York 35
2003: New England 17 – New York 6
1999: New England 16 – New York 14
1996: New England 23 – New York 22
1990: New York 13 – New England 10
1987: New York 17 – New England 10
1974: New England 28 – New York 20
1970: New York 16 – Boston (New England) 0

The all-time series between these two teams is tied at five games apiece, but as you can see, recent history is most certainly on the side of the Giants. They have covered three games in a row, including winning the one Super Bowl contest between the two in 2008 when they beat the then 18-0 Patriots by a field goal in a tremendous upset. All-time, New York is 7-3 ATS in this series.

These aren’t nearly the only good trends that the Giants have working in their favor. They are three point underdogs in this game, and as long as they stay that way, they have a tremendous Super Bowl betting trend on their side. They are 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 games in which they are underdogs of a field goal or less.

More importantly though, the Giants are now 8-1 ATS in their last nine postseason games, including covering all four spreads in the playoffs in 2007-08, and covering all three here in the playoffs this year. They are also 7-0 ATS in their last seven games against teams with winning records, and that goes back to earlier this year as well when they were able to go into Gillette Stadium and beat these Patriots.

Things aren’t nearly as good for New England. It failed to cover against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, which dropped it to just 1-7 ATS in its last eight playoff games. The only cover came against the Denver Broncos in the divisional round of the playoffs, but even that win is a bit tainted considering the fact that Denver finished up the season at just 9-9 overall. New England only beat one team this year that finished with a winning record, that being this Baltimore side that it just beat to reach the Super Bowl, and it went 0-3 ATS in its three games against teams that ended the year on the right side of .500.

New England has played in six Super Bowls before, including four in the QB Tom Brady era. Brady, who has struggled mightily in the playoffs over the past few seasons if you take out the remarkable game that he had against Denver, is just 1-2-1 ATS in his four shots at the Super Bowl. His one cover came when the Patriots became united against the “Greatest Show On Turf,” the St. Louis Rams in the first of two Super Bowls that were ended with a field goal at the gun.

In regards to the ‘total’, there are a slew of Super Bowl trends that are pointing towards the ‘over’. The Giants have played five of their last seven games as underdogs ‘over’ the ‘total’. New England has gone 26-10-1 for ‘over’ bettors in its last 37 games played on field turf, as the Super Bowl will be played on this year at Lucas Oil Field. The Pats are also 22-7 for ‘over’ bettors in their last 29 games overall.

If you’re looking for some great ‘under’ trends, the Giants have played four straight beneath the ‘total’ in games played on field turf, while the ‘under’ is 5-1 in their last six games overall. In this series, four of the last five have stayed ‘under’, including the Super Bowl in 2008, which many thought could be a shootout. Save for the last three minutes of the game, which featured 14 points, the rest of the game only had 17 in it, making it one of the lowest scoring Super Bowls that we have had in quite some time.

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2. New England Patriots 2012 Super Bowl Keys To The Game
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4. New York Giants 2012 Super Bowl Keys To The Game
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