Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals betting tips and NFL predictions

Free American football tips, best bets and analysis for Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals on Wild Card Weekend in the 2022 NFL playoffs.

Where to watch

Sky Sports NFL, 1.15am Sunday night

Best bet

Baltimore Ravens +9.5
1pt 5-6 Boyleports

Match preview

NFL Wild-Card action on Sunday concludes with an AFC North match between the Ravens and the Bengals, and even though Baltimore are likely to be without quarterback Lamar Jackson, there is value in going with the road team.

These teams met just last week when the Bengals won by 11 but the Ravens rested a number of starters including star tight end Mark Andrews and should be good to go here. Tyler Huntley is also expected to return under centre.

There’s no doubt that the Bengals have been one of the league’s best teams this season, but the Ravens have also shown plenty of grit in the past few weeks in Jackson’s absence and 9.5 points is a lot for this Cincinnati team to cover, especially in the playoffs.

It’s also worth noting that Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh is likely to have learned a lot from last week’s loss to the Bengals and we should see some adjustments coming out of that.

Cincinnati should prevail but the spread feels way too high and there is a good chance that the Ravens will be able to keep things respectable.

The lowdown

Venue Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati
Surface Artificial
Weather Partly cloudy, 0C
Vegas handicap ghgh
Vegas points line ghg

Key stat

The under is 4-1 in the Ravens' last five matchups against divisional opponents.

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