Sunday Night Football in an 8:30 p.m. start on NBC from Oakland Coliseum features an inter-conference matchup between the 7-6 Dallas Cowboys and the 6-7 Oakland Raiders with major playoff implications on the line for both teams.
Dallas at Oakland Game Overview
Dallas has played it way back into the wild card playoff race in the NFC with back-to-back division wins against Washington at home and the New York Giants on the road both straight-up and against the spread. The Cowboys improved to 7-6 both ways and the total has now stayed UNDER in five of their last six outings. Staying on the road this week, they have gone 4-2 ATS in six previous road games this year.
This will be Ezekiel Elliott’s final game of his current six-game league suspension and the final time that second-year quarterback Dak Prescott will have to prove he can win without his All Pro running back in the lineup. The Cowboys were able to finally generate some offense in their past two games with a combined 68 points scored after being held to an average of just 7.3 points a game in Elliott’s first three games out of the lineup.
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The Raiders missed out on a chance to get a big leg up in the AFC West title race in last Sunday’s 26-15 loss to rival Kansas City as 4.5-point road underdogs. They will most likely have to win out in their final three games to have any chance of making a second-straight postseason appearance. Oakland is 4-8-1 ATS this season with the total staying UNDER in eight of the 13 games. It has failed to cover in four of seven home games so far.
In that recent loss to the Chiefs, Derek Carr completed 24-of-41 passing attempts for 211 yards and a score and he was also picked off twice to go along with three sacks. He is going to have to play much better than that on Sunday night to lead his team to a victory in what has turned into a must win game. The Raiders are also going to need a better effort from a defense that is 22nd in the league in yards allowed while giving up an average of 23.4 points per game.
Dallas at Oakland Game Betting Trends
- The Cowboys have gone 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games following an ATS cover in their previous outing, but they fall to 2-5-1 ATS in their last eight December games. The total has stayed UNDER in 17 of their last 23 road games.
- The Raiders are 1-6-1 ATS in their last eight games against a team with a SU winning record and the total has gone OVER in five of their last six home games against a team with a SU winning record on the road.
- The home team in this inter-conference matchup has won the last four meetings SU with the series tied 2-2 ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in two of the last three meetings.
