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Betting nuggets to know for Super Bowl LI

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Looking to bet on Super Bowl LI this weekend? Be sure to check out our betting nuggets below, compiled by Rob Nelson of ESPN Stats & Information.

All lines are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.

New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons

Line: Patriots -3; over/under: 59

  • In the previous 15 Super Bowls, underdogs are 11-4 ATS, with eight outright wins.

  • This will be the highest over/under in Super Bowl history. Of the previous four highest totals, three went under.

  • The over is 15-3 in Falcons games this season, the highest mark in the NFL.

  • Of the past 10 Patriots games with a total of 50 or above, nine went under the total.

  • The total has gone under in four of the Patriots' previous six Super Bowls under Bill Belichick.

  • Tom Brady is 16-16-1 ATS and 24-9 SU in his playoff career. In his six previous Super Bowl appearances, Brady is 2-4 ATS and 4-2 SU.

  • Brady is 4-0 ATS and 4-0 SU against the Falcons in his career, with two of those wins/covers coming against Matt Ryan.

  • Ryan is 2-5 ATS in his playoff career, with the only covers coming this season against the Seahawks and Packers. Ryan is 0-2 ATS in his two playoff games on the road.

  • The Patriots are 15-3 ATS this season, having covered in seven straight games. This marks the second-best ATS record by a team in the past 40 seasons -- the 1989 49ers went 16-3 ATS.

  • Only the Patriots and Saints have been better against the spread than the Falcons this season, who are 12-6 ATS.

  • The Falcons are 5-0 ATS with four outright wins as an underdog this season. They went 7-6 ATS as a favorite.

  • The Patriots are making their ninth Super Bowl appearance. New England is favored for the sixth straight time in the Super Bowl after having been a double-digit underdog in each of its first three appearances.

  • The Falcons are making their second Super Bowl appearance. In its only Super Bowl back in the 1998 season, Atlanta lost 34-19 to Denver, failing to cover as 7.5-point underdogs.

  • The Patriots entered this season as 6-1 favorites to win the Super Bowl. New England has been the favorite to win it all after every week this season.

  • The Falcons entered this season at 80-1 to win the Super Bowl, tied for the 23rd-best odds in the NFL. After a Week 1 loss to the Buccaneers, Atlanta's odds to win it all dropped to 100-1.

  • This will mark the eighth straight Super Bowl with a closing spread of fewer than six points. Before this recent stretch, only four of the previous 24 Super Bowls had a closing spread of fewer than six points.