The New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals will play their first game of the NFL regular season on September 8th at Paycor Stadium. The New England Patriots are praying that their first regular season game goes better than their last preseason matchup against Washington. The Bengals too have much to prove after losing to the Colts in the preseason finale. The Cincinnati Bengals are predicted to win this game as per the best football betting picks.
New England Patriots vs Cincinnati Bengals NFL Week 1 Preview Information
Date: September 8, Sunday | Time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
TV: CBS
Stream: NFL+/Fubo TV
Moneyline: New England Patriots (+350) vs Cincinnati Bengals (-450)
Spread: New England Patriots (+9 – 110) vs Cincinnati Bengals (-9 -110)
Total (O/U): New England Patriots (u40.5) vs Cincinnati Bengals (o40.5)
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots finished their preseason with a loss against the Washington Commanders with a final score of 20-10. New England are coming to this game with a new head coach in Jerod Mayo. As a team, the Patriots are scoring an average of 13.88 points in each game, with 180.53 passing yards. On defense, New England are allowing their opponents to grab 21.53 points per contest.
Top 3 Players:
Drake Maye: 192 Yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
Kayshon Boutte: 6 Rec, 76 Yds, 0 TD
Marcus Jones: 4 Solo, 0 FF, 0 INT, 0 PD (2023)
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals were paired with the Indianapolis Colts in the last week of the NFL preseason. Cincinnati lost the game 27-14. The Bengals are entering this regular season coached by Zac Taylor, who is beginning his sixth season with the team. Last year, the Bengals finished 9-8 and are confident of improving on this. As a team, Cincinnati are scoring an average of 21.53 points in each game, while allowing opponents to get away with 22.59 points per matchup.
Top 3 Players:
Joe Burrow: 51 Yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
Ja’Marr Chase: 100 Rec, 1,216 Yds, 7 TD (2023)
Trey Hendrickson: 28 Solo, 17.5 Sack, 3 FF, 0 INT (2023)
New England Patriots vs Cincinnati Bengals NFL Week 1 Injury Report
New England Patriots
Jacoby Brissett, QB, Is “?” Sunday vs Cincinnati, Shoulder
Armon Watts, DT, IR, Undisclosed
Calvin Anderson, T, IR, Undisclosed
Marte Mapu, LB, IR, Undisclosed
Cincinnati Bengals
Chris Evans, RB, Is out for season, Leg
D’Ante Smith, T, Is out for season, Knee
New England Patriots vs Cincinnati Bengals NFL Week 1 Betting Trends
New England Patriots
New England are 5-14-1 ATS in their last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New England’s last 5 games.
New England are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games.
New England are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games against Cincinnati.
New England are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games against Cincinnati.
New England are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games on the road.
New England are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati.
New England are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference.
New England are 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference North division.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New England’s last 9 games played in September.
Cincinnati Bengals
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games.
Cincinnati are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cincinnati’s last 10 games against New England.
Cincinnati are 13-3 SU in their last 16 games at home.
Cincinnati are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games when playing at home against New England.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference East division.
Cincinnati are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played in week 1.
Cincinnati are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games played on a Sunday.
New England Patriots vs Cincinnati Bengals NFL Week 1 Summary and Prediction
The Cincinnati Bengals are easily the stronger team in this pairing, and have proven themselves pretty well in the preseason. The Patriots will need to be more aggressive if they want to play a good match to the Bengals here. The Cincinnati Bengals will win 24-14 in this game.
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