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Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
Game Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011 | Game Time: 1:05 PM
The Boston Red Sox travel to Detroit to play the Tigers at 1:05 PM on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Detroit is the favorite in this matchup, laying points here at home. The Total has been posted at Over/Under .
Before getting to specific team details, let’s have a look at the recent games in this series to see if we can identify any all sports betting trends to assist in making the right pick in this game.
When looking at the last 142 games in this series, we can see the home team has won 75 games compared to 67 wins for the road team. Average points scored per game for the home team in the Boston/Detroit series is 5.3 ppg while the vistor has put up 4.8 ppg, creating an average margin of victory of 0.5 favoring the home team.
The average Total points scored spanning the last 142 games between the Red Sox and the Tigers is 10.1 per game.
Now let’s take a look at the series history in this exact situation, with Boston as the road team and with Detroit as the home team.
When looking at the last 71 games in this series while Detroit has been the home team, we can see the Tigers have won 28 games compared to 43 wins for the Red Sox. Average points scored per game by Detroit in this situation is is 4.5 ppg while Boston has put up 5.5 ppg, creating an average margin of victory of 1 favoring the .
The average Total points scored spanning the last 71 games between the Red Sox and the Tigers is 10 per game.
Can the Boston Red Sox Cover the Spread?
This season the Boston Red Sox have played 52 games, averaging 4.8 points per game, while allowing 4.2 points per game. This has led to a season record of 29-23. Let’s have a closer look at recent Boston Red Sox results.
This season the Boston Red Sox have played 26 games on the road, averaging 4.5 points per game, while allowing 4.0 points per game. This has led to a season record of 13-13. Let’s have a closer look at recent Boston Red Sox results on the road.
Can the Detroit Tigers Cover the Spread?
This season the Detroit Tigers have played 50 games, averaging 4.3 points per game, while allowing 4.4 points per game. This has led to a season record of 25-23. Let’s have a closer look at recent Detroit Tigers results.
This season the Detroit Tigers have played 23 games here at home, averaging 3.8 points per game, while allowing 3.8 points per game. This has led to a season record of 13-10. Let’s have a closer look at recent Detroit Tigers results when playing at home.
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