Super Bowl LIX is shaping up to be an exciting rematch packed with star power and the chance for history. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the big game, hoping to make history as the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.
The Chiefs earned their spot by edging out Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills with a nail-biting 32-29 win in the AFC Championship Game. Allen has a strong regular-season record of 4-1 against Mahomes but has yet to beat him in the playoffs, where he’s 0-4.
On the other side, the Philadelphia Eagles, led by Saquon Barkley, are ready to stop the Chiefs’ quest for a third title. The Eagles crushed the Washington Commanders 55-23 in the NFC Championship Game.
This will be the Eagles’ fifth Super Bowl appearance, and their second in three years. They came close last year but lost 38-35 to the Chiefs in a thrilling matchup. Their lone Super Bowl win came in 2018 when they beat the New England Patriots 41-33.
For the Chiefs, this is their fifth Super Bowl appearance in the last six years, and they’ve won three of the previous four. Last year, they triumphed over the San Francisco 49ers 25-22.
Super Bowl LIX will take place on February 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, airing on Fox.
Key Betting Trends and Odds:
- The Chiefs were preseason favorites at +500, making this the ninth time in the last 12 seasons that the Super Bowl favorite has reached the big game.
- Nine out of the last 10 Super Bowl winners have covered the spread, with the Rams being the exception in 2022.
- Underdogs have done well in recent Super Bowls, going 4-0 against the spread (ATS) and 3-1 outright since 2020. Historically, underdogs are 22-36 outright and 29-27-2 ATS in the Super Bowl.
- The Chiefs are 4-2 both outright and ATS in the Super Bowl, having won and covered the spread in the last two years.
- Patrick Mahomes is 3-1 both outright and ATS in Super Bowls, and his games have all featured spreads of three points or fewer.
- The total points for both of the Chiefs’ recent Super Bowls have gone over, and the line for Chiefs-Eagles opened at 49.5 points at ESPN BET.
- The Eagles’ 55 points in the NFC Championship Game were the most scored in that round since its inception in 1970.
- The Eagles have 39 rushing touchdowns this season (including playoffs), the second-most in NFL history, just behind last year’s Eagles (42).
- Saquon Barkley has racked up 2,447 rushing yards heading into the Super Bowl, the second-highest single-season total in NFL history (regular season and playoffs), trailing only Terrell Davis’ 2,476 yards in 1998.
Get ready for a Super Bowl filled with drama, history, and plenty of action!