Cleveland receives Pittsburgh in FirstEnergy Stadium in Thursday night game that starts Week 11 of professional football.
The premises are in a season that can be described as a disappointment. There were high expectations beginning the campaign, but they barely add three wins and six losses. Their last result gave them some hope, because they beat Buffalo and with this, they think they can repeat.
Meanwhile, visitors are exceeding expectations after so many injuries and games. Without Ben Roethlisberger in the position of quarterback, they have added four consecutive victories, the last against Los Angeles R. and this has them with high hopes of entering the playoffs as a wild card.
Now, in direct confrontations things are tilted greatly in favor of those directed by Mike Tomlin. There are seven straight wins and a draw, which gives them great dominance over their now rival.
On the other hand, in the houses they have very clear to the virtual winner the duel. To the surprise of many, Cleveland comes out with the lowest odds of -160, and Pittsburgh is paying +135. In addition, money is tilting in favor of visitors.
Likewise, the Asian handicap is very closed, as the line is at -2.5 in favor of Freddie Kitchens. Which makes the result risky.