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Tampa Bay BuccaneersLLLLWThe Buccaneers look hard to back after dropping four straight games on the trot. Pittsburgh can keep this close enough to cover the small start at the current price.
The total line sits at forty five point five and both teams show enough recent scoring volatility to push past that number.
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The market makes Tampa Bay Buccaneers the side to beat here at 53%, but only just, so this reads as a close call rather than a mismatch. Our model lands on Pittsburgh Steelers +1.5, and it backs that with a 2 units stake. The Buccaneers look hard to back after dropping four straight games on the trot. Pittsburgh can keep this close enough to cover the small start at the current price.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers come in solid, winning 46% of 26 on record. 6 of their 13 home games went their way, and the numbers point to games at both ends, plenty of goals either way. Right now they are on 4 losss in a row.
Pittsburgh Steelers come in solid, winning 56% of 27 on record. 6 of their 12 away games went their way, and the numbers point to games at both ends, plenty of goals either way. Right now they are on 1 win in a row.
The prices turn into 53% for TB and 47% for PIT once the bookmaker margin is stripped out. There is little between the two in the market, so the edge, if there is one, sits in the detail rather than the headline price. Our call sits at 1.91, and we only stake it because the reasons for it outweigh the reasons against.
Across 1 past meetings TB hold the edge with 1 wins to 0. Old results carry less weight than they look, but the pattern is worth a glance.
We back Pittsburgh Steelers +1.5 for 2 units. It settles itself when the game ends, win or lose, and it goes on the record either way. This is an opinion read off the form and the prices on this page, not advice, and never a promise of a result.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers26 games on recordPittsburgh Steelers27 games on recordCounted from the settled results on this site, newest first. Nothing here is copied from anywhere else, so if a number looks wrong the mistake is ours.
Old meetings are worth less than they look. Squads change, managers change, and a result from two seasons ago tells you almost nothing about this one.
The site model likes the Steelers here because Tampa Bay has lost four in a row and the price gives us a small start. On the other hand, Pittsburgh dropped their last two away games which makes backin...