NFL Betting: 49ers vs Seahawks Week 1 NFL Trends

The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks will be battling on the gridiron at Qwest Field on Sunday afternoon at 4:15pm EST in regular season NFL betting action which can be seen on FOX. Online sportsbooks have the 49ers listed as 3-point favorites vs the Seahawks while the over/under total is sitting at 37. Heading into week 1 NFL trends, the 49ers went 8-8 straight up last season and 9-4-3 against the spread while the Seahawks finished the 2009 season 5-11 straight up and 6-10 against the NFL betting spread. San Francisco went 5-5 when playing in September last season, 4-6 when playing on turf, 4-6 after out-gaining their opponent and 7-3 when playing within their division.

The 49ers are one of the favorites in 2011 Super Bowl Odds and they surely didn't let any backers down during the preseason going a perfect 4-0 with wins over the Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers. San Francisco has gone 4-2 in their last 6 games overall heading into week 1 NFL trends while the over/under total has gone UNDER the football odds in 4 of the 49ers last 6 games overall when playing Seattle and UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games overall.

Seattle started off on the right foot with a win vs the Tennessee Titans in week 1 before losing three straight to the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders. The Seahawks are 5-5 when playing in September, 4-6 when playing on turf, 1-9 after out-gaining their opponents and 5-5 when playing within their division. Heading into week 1 NFL trends, the Seahawks went 5-2 in their last 7 games last season when playing at home against San Francisco and 10-4 straight up in their last 14 games overall when playing the 49ers. The over/under total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games at home and UNDER in 4 of the Seahawks last 5 games overall.