William Hill make New England their slight favourites to win Sunday’s Super Bowl.
The Patriots are 8/11 to come out on top in Indianapolis, with the New York Giants 6/5 to repeat their 2008 victory when they were separated by just three points.
William Hill make New England three point favourites, despite them losing the match four years ago.
Victor Cruz is vital to the Giants’ offence and William Hill are offering two Cruz specials. Hills go 3/1 for their ‘Cruz Control’ special that he gets at least one reception in each quarter of the Super Bowl, while the ‘Cruz Beckum’ special is 14/1 for both Cruz and Travis Beckum to score touchdowns.
Hills are also offering ‘historical markets’ based on previous classic Super Bowl matches.
When these two sides met in 2008, Wes Welker recorded 11 receptions and Hills offer 4/1 that any player manages to repeat that feat. When New England won the Super Bowl in 2004, they won due to a last second field goal from Adam Vinatieri, and Hills offer 12/1 that the game ends on a successful last drive field goal.
Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly told Bettingpro.com: “These sides are very closely matched and because of this, it may come down to a last minute field goal to split the sides with history potentially repeating itself.”
William Hill Super Bowl Specials:
Historical Markets
4/1 Any player to record 11 or more receptions (Super Bowl XLII – Wes Welker’s record tying performance could not stop the Pats losing out to 12-point underdogs NY Giants)
12/1 Game to end on a successful last drive field goal – not including OT (Super Bowl XXXVIII – Adam Vinatieri’s last seconds field goal secured the win for New England)
7/1 Any player to get 193+ receiving yards (Super Bowl XXII – Ricky Sanders connected with Doug Williams for a then record)
4/1 Either QB to throw for 414+ yards (Super Bowl XXXIV – Kurt Warner set a Super Bowl record as the ‘greatest show on turf’ Rams beat Tennessee)
9/2 75 or more total match points (Super Bowl XXIX – San Fran vs San Diego combined for record breaking 75 points in 49ers’ 49-26 win)
12/1 Either team to record 5+ turnovers (Super Bowl XXXV – Baltimore forced NY Giants into 5 turnovers in an easy win)
16/1 Either team to win by one point (Super Bowl XXV – the closest Super Bowl ever saw the Giants beat Buffalo by one point with the Bills’ Scott Norwood missing a last second field goal)
10/1 Either team to register 7 or more sacks (Super Bowl XX – Chicago sacked New England QBs seven times with Buddy Ryan’s 46 defence)
Special Super Bowl Markets
Lightning Strikes Twice – NYG to trail going into the 4th quarter and still win – Match Winner – 7/1 Enhanced from 11/2
Papas Don’t Preach – Neither head coach to throw a challenge flag - 3/1
True Blues – Cruz, Nicks and Bradshaw all to score a TD – 10/1
(Play)Book Of Eli – Eli Manning to rush for a TD and pass for 2 TD’s – 14/1
Good, Brad and the Ugly – Bradshaw to score a TD and record a fumble – 10/1
Jacobs Creek – Brandon Jacobs to record a fumble – 7/2
Cruz Beckum – Cruz and Beckum to both score a TD -14/1
Weather(ford) the Storm – NYG to attempt to punt from their own endzone – 6/1
Fork Lift Truck – Vince Wilfork to record a sack – 3/1
Branching Out – Deion Branch to go over 100 yards receiving – 7/2
Material Hurl – A flag to be thrown on the first offensive play of the game – 6/1
Like A Prayer – Any attempt at a Hail Mary pass – 4/1
Like A Virgin – Any rookie to score a TD – 5/2
Rolling in the Deep – Antrel Rolle to haven an interception inside his own 20 yard line – 16/1
Ski Sunday – Rob Gronkowski to score a TD 25 yards or longer – 2/1
Tom Cruz – Tom Brady & Victor Cruz both to score a TD – 9/1
A Few Good Men – Mario Manningham & Eli Manning both to score a TD – 20/1
C’mon mann – Eli Manning to throw 2 or more interceptions – 4/1
The Brady Bunch – Tom Brady to have 7 or more different receivers – 11/8
A run Hernandez – Aaron Hernandez to score a rushing TD – 8/1
Indy 500 – Any team to have 500 yards of total offense – 4/1
Overtynes – Lawrence Tynes to kick a game winning field goal in OT – 20/1
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Greg Jones or Nate Jones to record a sack or interception in the final quarter
– 16/1
Blackburn Rover – Chase Blackburn to record a tackle or assist in every quarter – 9/2
Cruz Control – Victor Cruz to have a reception in every quarter – 3/1
Wesley Spikes – Wes Welker to spike the ball in celebration after scoring a TD – 5/1
Defensive TD: 11/8 yes; 4/7 no
Match odds: 8/11 New England Patriots; 6/5 New York Giants
Match Spread: 1/1 New England Patriots (-3.0); 5/6 New York Giants (+3.0)
Super Bowl MVP: 6/5 Tom Brady; 7/4 Eli Manning; 10/1 Rob Gronkowski; 12/1 Victor Cruz; 16/1 Hakeem Nicks; 16/1 Wes Welker; 20/1 Aaron Hernandez; 25/1 Ahmad Bradshaw; 33/1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis; 33/1 Mario Manningham; 33/1 Brandon Jacobs; 50/1 BAR
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