The fans at Levi’s Stadium will be treated to a game between the San Diego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers when they take their seats on Saturday.
San Diego at San Francisco
When: 8:25 PM ET, Saturday, December 20, 2014
Where: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California
TV: 8:25 p.m. ET, CBS, NFL Network.
LINE: 49ers -1. O/U: 41.5
PREDICTION: 49ers 20, Chargers 19
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Oddsmakers currently have the 49ers listed as 2½-point favorites versus the Chargers, while the game’s total is sitting at 41½.
San Francisco’s offense has gone belly-up over the past two months, managed a combined 23 points during the three-game skid while failing to score more than 17 in seven of its last eight games. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is averaging 145.3 yards passing with one touchdown and four interceptions in the last three – two against his nemesis Seattle – and has completed less than 58 percent of his passes in five of the last six outings. The running game is also in disarray after Frank Gore (concussion) and rookie Carlos Hyde (knee) were hurt last week. The defense has acquitted itself well, permitting 16.6 points over the past five games.
San Francisco lost its last outing, a 17-7 result against the Seahawks on December 14. The 49ers failed to cover in that game as a +9-point underdog, while the 24 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Team record: 7-7 SU,5-9 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
San Francisco is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
San Francisco is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 5 games
San Francisco is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Running back Ryan Mathews (ankle) sat out last week’s game and also did not practice Wednesday, another blow to an offense that has scored only 24 points in back-to-back home losses to New England and Denver. “It’s just a two-game streak against the two top teams in the conference,” Rivers said. “It’s not like we’ve lost to the bottom of the barrel.” Rivers has 27 touchdowns passes against only 13 interceptions, but he has been picked off as many times (10) as he has scoring passes in the past eight games. Antonio Gates hauled in his 10th TD pass last week, joining Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots as the only tight ends to reach double digits four times.
The Chargers were a 22-10 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Broncos. They failed to cover the +4.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (32) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Team record: 8-6 SU,6-8 ATS
San Diego is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego’s last 6 games
San Diego is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego’s last 9 games on the road
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