The Wake Forest Demon Deacons host the 8th ranked Louisville Cardinals in an ACC game that will take place at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-salem, North Carolina at 9 PM ET. The current betting odds show the Cardinals as a -4 road favorite over the Demon Deacons
Louisville is coming off an 88-68 win over Syracuse in their last game where they covered the 10-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 156, which was over the closing line of 142.5. Previous to the Syracuse game the Cardinals had failed to cover the spread in two straight games and in six of their last seven games the total has gone over. Louisville has won four of their last five games.
Wake Forest is coming off a 63-59 win over Pittsburgh in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 7-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 122, which was well under the closing line of 156.5. The Demon Deacons have failed to cover the spread in two of their last three games and previous to the Pittsburgh game the total had gone over in two straight games. Wake Forest had lost back-to-back games against Clemson and a ranked Duke team before the win over Pittsburgh.
Offensively, Louisville is putting up 77.7 points per game on a 45.6% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Cardinals are allowing 64.6 points per game on a 39.1% FG average, which ranks 11th in the nation.
Wake Forest is putting up 81.6 points per game on a 46.9% FG average. On defense the Demon Deacons are allowing 76.8 points per game on a 44.8% FG average.
Last season in the lone match up between these teams, which took place at Louisville, the Cardinals beat the Demon Deacons 65-57.
Louisville Cardinals at Wake Forest Demon Deacons Betting Trends
- Louisville is 8-4 against the spread in their last 12 games overall.
- The Cardinals are 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 games on the road.
- The game total has gone over in 4 of Louisville’s last 5 road games.
- Wake Forest is 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 home games.
- The Demon Deacons are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Louisville and Wake Forest have the public leaning to the visiting Cardinals minus the 3.5 point on the road with almost 80%. The over/under bettors are leaning to this game going under the posted total line of 155.5 with just over 70% on board.
