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Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons meet at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Oddsmakers opened the Buccaneers as -2-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game's total opened at 50.5.

Atlanta lost its last outing, a 20-17 result against the Chargers on December 13. The Falcons failed to cover in that game as a +1.5-point underdog, while the 37 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

The Buccaneers were a 26-14 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Vikings. They covered the -6.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (40) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Tampa Bay:
Team record: 8-5 SU,7-6 ATS
Tampa Bay is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Tampa Bay's last 25 games
Tampa Bay is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road

Atlanta:
Team record: 4-9 SU,5-8 ATS
Atlanta is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta's last 7 games
Atlanta is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Next up:
Tampa Bay at Detroit Saturday, December 26
Atlanta at Kansas City Sunday, December 27