Super Bowl Betting 2012

The Super Bowl is one of the biggest sporting events on the USA calendar. Super Bowl XLVI will be contested between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, this is the venue where the Indy 500 is held every year.

Super Bowl betting 2012 means big business for the bookies because a wider global audience is watching the event as opposed to other sporting events. There are many different markets that punters can have a bet on, some related to the Giants, some related to the Patriots and others related to the match itself.

New York Giants Betting

New York Giants betting is going to be very busy because the team has been on a good run of form and hasn’t lost a match since December 18 2011 when they suffered a 23-10 defeat at the hands of the Washington Redskins. The Giants are collectively one of the highest points scoring teams in American football throughout 2011 and the start of 2012.

New Yorks Giants betting is a little more predictable when it comes to individuals and the player markets can offer some good odds. Eli Manning has been consistently the player with the highest number of passes in matches. This makes him one of the banker bets for this market during the game.

New England Patriots Betting

The New England Patriots will be confident as they won back-to-back Superb Bowls in 2004 and 2005. They have been on a good run of form, slightly better than the New York Giants, not losing since back-to-back defeats in the autumn of last year; 17-25 to Pittsburgh and 20-24 to their Super Bowl opponents.

In terms of individuals Tom Brady has made the most passes with a collective passing distance of over 5200 yards. Wes Walker has been the best receiver in the team making runs of 1569 yards to receive the ball. This also suggests that Walker gets into the best positions to score touchdowns over the course of matches.

Super Bowl MVP Betting

The Super Bowl MVP betting market is effectively the man of the match betting market for this game and it is a popular market with the punters. Tom Brady and Eli Manning are both ranked as joint favourites at places in the market to finish as the MVP as they can both play a direct role in how the Super Bowl plays out.

Rob Gronkowski will have a big say in how the points turn out by the end of the match and his kicking will be tested to the absolute limit. He is slightly ahead of Victor Cruz in the betting market for the MVP award, Cruz is a very dynamic player who is integral to the tactics that New York deploy before and during any game.

Hakeem Nicks could be the best bet when it comes to Super Bowl MVP betting because he is the wide receiver for New York. He is the player who is given the role of getting into an attacking position to receive the ball and score the points that will get his team over the line.