The NFC champion San Francisco 49ers will play the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2. at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Opening kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
Current Super Bowl Odds & Betting Lines:
Updated February 2, 2020:
- Current Spread: Chiefs -1.5
- Current Over/Under: 53.5
Opening Super Bowl Odds & Betting Lines:
- Opening Spread: Pick
- Opening Over/Under: 51
Super Bowl Trends:
- Since the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, Super Bowl favorites are 8-8 straight up and 5-11 against the spread (the 2014 Super Bowl closed as a Pick Em).
- Underdogs have won and covered in five of the past seven Super Bowls.
- Since that 2002 expansion, No. 1 seeds are 2-6 straight up and against the spread when facing a non-No. 1 seed.
- No. 1 seeds are 0-3 straight up (1-2) against the spread as underdogs since 2002.
- Since 2002, the AFC is 10-7 heads up vs the NFC, but the NFC is 10-7 against the spread.
- Non-New England AFC teams are 5-4 heads up and 4-5 against the spread over that span.
- This 53.5 point total is tied for the fifth-highest mark for a Super Bowl overall and the seventh Super Bowl to have a total set this high. Of the previous six Super Bowls to have a 53.5 total or higher, the under has gone 4-2.
Kansas City Chiefs, Odds & Trends:
- The Chiefs enter the Super Bowl a league-best 12-5-1 (70.6%) against the spread this season.
- Kansas City is 8-0 and 7-0-1 against the spread over their past eight games.
- The Chiefs have played seven games this season against defenses that rank in the top-12 in terms of expected points added defensively (San Francisco ranks second). In those games, the Chiefs have posted a 6-1 record heads up and against the spread.
- The Chiefs are 5-3 straight up and against the spread versus teams with a winning record this season.
- In the eight career losses Patrick Mahomes has had under center, the opposing team has needed 29 or more points scored six times with 25 or more points in seven of those games. Just once have the Chiefs lost a game with Mahomes under center in which the opposing team scored fewer than 20 points.
- For his career, Andy Reid-coached teams have a 23-5 record straight up coming off a bye week with an 19-9 record against the spread in those games. In the postseason, that record is 5-2 straight up and 5-2 against the spread.
- Chiefs games averaged an implied game total of 49.8 points this season, the highest in the league (10-8 towards the Over).
San Francisco 49ers, Odds & Trends:
- The 49ers are 11-6-1 against the spread so far this season. That 64.7% mark against the line is good for fourth in the league.
- The 49ers are 7-2 heads up and against the spread against teams with a winning record this season.
- The 49ers have faced seven playoff teams over their past 10 games played. In those games, they’ve posted a 5-2 record heads up while going 6-1 against the spread.
- San Francisco is 5-0 against the spread as an underdog this season.
- The 49ers are 2-2 against the spread under Kyle Shanahan off a bye week and 2-0 this season.
- Overs have gone 8-3-1 over the past 12 games involving the 49ers.
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