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With the Giants out of the running, there looks like no stopping the Pittsburgh Steelers. They have played great defence throughout the regular season and looked good in last Sunday’s 35-24 win over the Chargers.

Following that win and the Giants’ exit, they have been well supported to win the Superbowl. Paddy Power are one of 2 firms to offer 6/4. They are generally available at 2/5 to back for this Sunday’s match against the 2/1 Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens are a weak 9/2 for the Superbowl – should we be writing them off?

Willie Parker has had a tough season because of injury, but against the Chargers the running back carried 27 times for 146 yards and bagged a couple of touchdowns. He is the 11/2 favourite in the First Touchdown Scorer market this weekend, closely followed by McClain, who is 6/1 with totesport.

The resurgence of Willie Parker is important for betting on the NFL, you need to catch the teams on the rise – which is why the Steelers are being backed in the Superbowl market.

Parker and the Steelers may not have it all their own way against the Ravens, who have a very aggressive defence. When the sides last met, Parker was closed out, meaning that he could only manage 47 yards. The Steelers have history on their side, because the Ravens are 1-7 from their last 8 trips to Pittsburgh. In this season’s playoffs, 6 out of 8 have gone to the visitors, but the Steelers were one of 2 home winners.

If you think that the Steelers will win, but you’re not confident about lumping on at 2/5, there are other markets to look at. You may fancy over 34 points at 10/11, or 20/23 for the Steelers to be ahead at both half time and full time. 10/1 for Overtime loos like a big price, but ideally it should be even bigger.

The Point Spread market gives the Ravens a +6 start. If I had to choose between 10/11 for Ravens +6 or Steelers -6, I’d probably take the first. The Ravens only lost by a combined margin of 7 points in their 2 matches this season.

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