The odds on Indianapolis beating the New Orleans Saints this Sunday have shortened from 4/9 last week with VictorChandler.com to 2/5 now.
Monday 1st February 2010
Following a week of reflection, numerous online bookmakers have shortened their odds even further on the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) winning this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIV.
After defeating the New York Jets on January 24 to win the American Football Conference (AFC) and clinch their place in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts were listed by numerous online bookmakers at odds as low as 4/9 to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy this weekend. However, these odds have shortened with VictorChandler.com currently offering 2/5 while SportingBet.com and PaddyPower.com show 10/23.
Super Bowl XLIV will take place on February 7 from Miami’s Sun Life Stadium with 888Sport.com, BetDaq.com, ToteSport.com, Bet365.com, BlueSq.com, StanJames.com and ExtraBet.com offering odds of 4/9 on a Colts win.
Indianapolis are going for their third Super Bowl title in franchise history with WilliamHill.com, BoyleSports.com and Ladbrokes.com offering odds of 5/11 that the Colts will emerge victorious. Slightly longer, WBX.com, Betfair.com and BetFred.com show 10/21 while bettors can get 7/15 from Coral.co.uk.
This is the first season since 2002 that Indianapolis will not have coach Tony Dungy on their staff following his retirement. However, this does not seem to be affecting their odds of winning Super Bowl XLIV with Expekt.com and SkyBet.com offering odds of 1/2 on this eventuality followed by Bwin.com with 18/35.
Standing in the way of the Colts on Sunday night will be the New Orleans Saints of the National Football Conference (NFC) appearing in their first Super Bowl. Despite finishing the regular season with a record of 13 wins and three losses to win their division, the shortest odds available on a New Orleans Super Bowl triumph come from ExtraBet.com with 6/4.
New Orleans needed overtime and a 40-yard Garrett Hartley field goal to defeat the Minnesota Vikings by 31 points to 28 on January 24 to book their place in Super Bowl XLIV. Despite this plucky performance, the Saints are being offered by Bwin.com at odds of 8/5 to win Super Bowl XLIV while Expekt.com and SkyBet.com show 13/8.
Long a joke among many NFL fans, the Saints have been underdogs all season to secure the franchise’s first Vince Lombardi Trophy with Coral.co.uk showing odds of 33/19 on this eventuality followed by ToteSport.com, VictorChandler.com, BlueSq.com, StanJames.com and 888Sport.com with 7/4. Even longer, BetFred.com, Ladbrokes.com, WilliamHill.com and BoyleSports.com are offering 9/5 while punters can get 46/25 from WBX.com and 37/20 at BetDaq.com, Bet365.com and SportingBet.com.
At the far end of the spectrum, Betfair.com is currently offering odds of 93/50 on a Saints victory in Super Bowl XLIV while PaddyPower.com is going with 19/10.
