NFL Super Bowl 2022 complete guide: betting odds, date & TV details

The Super Bowl is the culmination of the NFL season, with the top team in the AFC and NFC conferences facing off having fought off the rest of the competition throughout the regular season and playoffs.

After 21 weeks of brutal competition, we now know it will be the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals who will battle it out for the Vine Lombardi trophy at SoFi Stadium in Super Bowl 56.

When is Super Bowl 2022?

Super Bowl LVI is set to take place on the 13th February. As a result of the NFL regular season’s expansion to 17 games, it will be the first Super Bowl to be held on the second Sunday in February.

Where is Super Bowl 2022?

The game will be played at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The stadium opened in September 2020 and is the home venue of the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams. This year’s event will be the eighth Super Bowl in the Los Angeles area but the first since 1993.

Who are the favourites to win Super Bowl 2022?

The Rams are a best-priced 8-15 with Coral and Labrokes to win the Lombardi trophy for a second time in the Super Bowl era. Since their only previous win in 1999, the Rams have twice lost at The Show, most recently in 2018 when losing 13-3 to the New England Patriots.

The Bengals, who started the season at 150-1 to win the Super Bowl, are now 17-10 to win their first-ever title. Cincinnati hadn't won a playoff game since 1990 before this year but are now heading to their third Super Bowl having been beaten by the 49ers on both previous occasions.

Where to watch the Super Bowl in the UK?

The Super Bowl will be live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer as well as on Sky Sports NFL, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Main Event.

The game can also be accessed through NOW TV and the NFL's Game Pass service.

What time is the Super Bowl half-time show?

The length of the first half can vary, but the half-time show is expected to start at around 1.30am UK and Ireland time.

Who is performing in the Super Bowl half-time show?

Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar are the headline acts at this year’s Super Bowl. It will be a homecoming show for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar.

Who are the star players?

With the likes of Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen having all fallen by the wayside over the course of the playoffs, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and his Bengals counterpart Joe Burrow will be the main attractions at Super Bowl 56.

Stafford is the even-money favourite be named Super Bowl MVP with Burrow a 9-4 chance as they bid to extend a run of quarterbacks scooping the award in 31 of the previous 56 Super Bowls.

Those two won't be the only star attractions at Super Bowl 56 with the Rams boasting a talent squad featuring Cooper Kupper, Aaron Donald, Odell Beckham Jr and Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller.

The Bengals roster is packed full of young talent with Ja'Marr Chase and Joe Mixon names to watch out for at The Show.

What happened on conference championship Sunday?

The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams both held their nerves to come from behind and seal their spot at the Super Bowl 56 on conference championship Sunday. For the Bengals, they equalled the largest comeback in the history of the AFC title game, roaring back from 18 points down to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime.

A much-improved second half display from quarterback Joe Burrow and Cincinnati's defence, coupled with two nerveless field goals from kicker Evan McPherson, saw the Bengals claim their first AFC championship in 33 years.

Standing in the way of the Bengals clinching a maiden Super Bowl title are the Rams after they snapped a six-game losing streak against the San Francisco 49ers to bring home the NFC title for the second time in four years.

Trailing 17-7 in the fourth quarter, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford led three successive scoring drives, while the defence recorded a game-winning interception of Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo as they wrapped up a 20-17 win.

The Rams now have the chance to become just the second team in NFL history after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year to win the Super Bowl at their home stadium.

What happened on wild card weekend?

The wild card round largely went the way bookmakers had expected with only one upset across the six games. The only underdogs to advance were the San Francisco 49ers, who held off a late rally by the Dallas Cowboys to triumph 23-17.

All five of the remaining games went the way of the home teams with the Cincinnati Bengals beating the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday to end a 31-year wait for a playoff win. That was followed by a one-sided Buffalo Bills victory over their divisional rivals the New England Patriots at a sub-zero Orchard Park.

On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had little trouble overcoming the Philadelphia Eagles and stormy conditions to advance, while the Kansas City Chiefs were equally as dominant when squashing the Pittsburgh Steelers 42-21 later in the day.

The Los Angeles Rams wrapped up wild card weekend with an Odell Beckham Jr-inspired win against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday.

What happened in the divisional round?

After a fairly predictable wildcard round, the divisional games were anything but.

The underdog Cincinnati Bengals overcame the number one seed in the AFC, the Tennessee Titans, 19-16 on the back of a strong performance from young quarterback Joe Burrow.

The San Francisco 49ers got the better of the Green Bay Packers 13-10 in frigid conditions to take their recent playoff record over the Super Bowl favourites to 4-0.

Tom Brady threatened another of his famous playoff comebacks in the game between his Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams, levelling the tie having been down 27-3 in the second half. However, a late field goal from the Rams prevented another fairytale ending for Brady.

A wild encounter between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs was the perfect end to the divisional weekend, with the Chiefs coming out on top 42-36 in overtime in a back and forth game.

Both quarterbacks threw for over 300 yards and at least three touchdowns as the lead swung back and forth. 25 points were scored in the last two minutes before a late Chiefs field goal sent it to overtime, where they won the coin toss and converted.

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