Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears Point Spread Pick and Betting Odds. Sunday, September 20th will see the kick-off of the 1-0 Arizona Cardinals versus the 0-1 Chicago Bears at 1:00 ET. The game is set to take place at the Soldier Field in Chicago and 5Dimes is currently just favouring the away team of the Cardinals, with a -1 point start at odds of -125. Odds on the total lines scored are being offered at 44½.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: Cardinals -1/Bears +1
Total Line: 44.5

Arizona went into their first week match against the New Orleans Saints with Carson Palmer back on the field after a long ACL injury and subsequently came away with a 31-19 victory. Palmer proved that his time off has had little effect on his football playing, successfully throwing 19 for 307 yards and three touchdowns. During the match, the Cardinals showed a very balanced offensive line, with Andre Ellington rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, which had the potential to be a higher count, although he was taken off the field following an apparent knee injury.

Following the first match of the 2015 regular season, Arizona holds 31 points, which places them in seventh position overall. They’ve claimed a total of 427 offensive yards, comprised of 307 passing yards and 120 rush yards. The team’s defence has also been in fine form, only giving up 19 points to the Saints, which places them in 11th position. However, the amount of yards given up equals to 408 yards, which does place them lower on the scale in 28th position so far.

The Chicago Bears had a bit of a different story in their season opener, suffering a defeat of 31-23 against the Green Bay Packers. However, despite this loss, the Bears showed a vastly improved competitive side during the game, with number 22 running back, Matt Forte claiming 141 yards in 24 rushing attempts. Quarterback, Jay Cutler completed just 18 of the 36 attempted passes during the game, taking 225 yards in the process.

Thanks to Cutler playing in such an erratic way, there’s increased pressure on players like Forte to step up their game. Their 23 accrued points in their week one game places them in 17th overall position, although the fact that they have taken 402 yards gives them an overall position of sixth. Defensively, the fact that they lost their first match positions them in 25th, although the Bears have only given away 322 yards, giving them a position of 14th.

Arizona at Chicago Betting Trends

The Cardinals are 7-0 against the spread in their last 7 games after allowing 250 passing.
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Cardinals last 4 week 2 games.
Chicago is 4-0 straight in their last 4 games played in September.
The Bears are 5-22-1 against the spread in their last 28 games after accumulating 150 yards or more.

Injury Report

Arizona
RB Andre Ellington Knee expected to miss 2-3 weeks
CB Justin Bethel Undisclosed “?” Sunday vs. Chicago
TE Ifeanyi Momah Knee out indefinitely
T Bobby Massie Suspension expected to miss first 3 games of regular season
DL Corey Peters Achilles IR
LB Daryl Washington Suspension out indefinitely
OG Mike Iupati Knee out indefinitely

Chicago
DE Cornelius Washington Quad IR
LB Jon Bostic Ankle “?” Sunday vs. Arizona
LB Sam Acho Illness “?” Sunday vs. Arizona
CB Tracy Porter Hamstring “?” Sunday vs. Arizona
S Ryan Mundy Hip IR
DT Jeremiah Ratliff Suspension expected to miss first 3 games of regular season
WR Kevin White Shin out indefinitely

Consensus Pick (ATS)
Arizona: 85%
Chicago: 15%

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The Bears offensive line held up okay against the Packers pass rush in the unit’s first real game together. They’ll get another tough test against the Cardinals front seven who got to Drew Brees twice in Week 1. The going will be tough in the run game for Chicago which should keep the scoring down and we believe that the Bears defense is improved and we don’t expect the Cardinals to hang anywhere close to 31 points on the board that the Packers got last week.

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