This Friday night, the San Francisco 49ers will lock horns with the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium for week 3 of the NFL preseason. San Francisco has lost one game, and won another in this preseason so far. Las Vegas is yet to post a win, and are on a sad losing streak as of now. The latest NFL preseason betting odds favor a win for the Las Vegas Raiders for Friday’s game.
San Francisco 49ers vs Las Vegas Raiders preview information
Date: August 23, Friday | Time: 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
TV: KPIX5/FOX5/NFL Network
Stream: NFL+/Fubo TV
Moneyline: San Francisco 49ers (-260) vs Las Vegas Raiders (+220)
Spread: San Francisco 49ers (-6 – 110) vs Las Vegas Raiders (+6 -110)
Total (O/U): San Francisco 49ers (u35) vs Las Vegas Raiders (o35).
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers played the Tennessee Titans in the first game of the preseason and lost. They managed to redeem themselves in the second game and defeated the New Orleans Saints. In that game, San Francisco’s Joshua Dobbs threw for a total of 133 yards, while Tatum Bethune completed 10 tackles. As a unit, the 49ers are chalking up 28.55 points in each game, and allowing their opponents to score 18.75 points.
Top 3 Players:
Joshua Dobbs: 279 Yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
Tanner Mordecai: 44 Yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
Tatum Bethune: 10 Solo, 0 Sacks, 0 FF, 0 INT
Las Vegas Raiders
This preseason has not been kind to the Las Vegas Raiders who are yet to win their first game. Lastly, the Raiders played the Cowboys and lost the game. In that contest, Las Vegas’ Aidan O’Connell scored a single TD after throwing for 96 yards. On the ground, the Raiders were led by Zamir White who rushed for 23 yards with four carries. The Raiders are managing to score an average of 19.53 points per game, while allowing 19.47 points in every game played.
Top 3 Players:
Aidan O’Connell: 172 Yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Zamir White: 10 Car, 46 Yds, 1 TD
Jack Jones: 7 Solo, 0 FF, 1 INT, 3 PD
Injury report
San Francisco 49ers
No injuries
Las Vegas Raiders
No injuries
Betting Trends
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
San Francisco are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games.
San Francisco are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games against Las Vegas.
San Francisco are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games on the road.
San Francisco are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas.
San Francisco are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference West division.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 7 games played in August.
Las Vegas Raiders
Las Vegas are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Las Vegas’ last 6 games.
Las Vegas are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Las Vegas’ last 10 games at home.
Las Vegas are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco.
Las Vegas are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the National Football Conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Las Vegas’ last 5 games against an opponent in the National Football Conference West division.
Las Vegas are 13-5 ATS in their last 18 games played in August.
Las Vegas are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games played on a Friday.
Summary and Prediction
The San Francisco 49ers have the better record in this pairing, when compared to the Raiders. Despite San Francisco’s strong defense, Las Vegas is poised to make their maiden win in this preseason. Betting gurus are predicting the Las Vegas Raiders to win 24-21.
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