New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings 10/28/18 NFL Odds, Preview and Prediction

The New Orleans Saints make the trip to Minnesota as the face the Vikings on Sunday 10/28/18 at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New Orleans enters this game with a five game winning streak. The Saints edged the Baltimore Ravens 24-23 on the road last week as Baltimore missed the game tying extra point with 24 seconds left on the clock.

Alvin Kamara is the team’s leading rusher with 363 yards on the ground this season but he’s rushed for only 84 yards over his last two games. New Orleans ranks 6th in passing and 16th in rushing. On defense, the Saints are tops in the league in rush defense but are ranked only 28th in defending the pass.

The Minnesota Vikings exploded for 27 points in the second half against the New York Jets last week and won the game 37-17 in their most complete game of the season. Kirk Cousins threw for 241 yards and a couple of scores while Latavius Murray scored twice on the run and Adam Thielen had his seventh straight game with 100 receiving yards. On defense, the Vikings also picked off three passes as they kept the Jets off the field.

The Vikings rank 13th in total offense, 7th in passing but only 27th in rushing. Minnesota is putting up 25.3 points per game, 14th in the NFL. Minnesota ranks 5th against the run but it will be their passing defense which will be tested as they will face the quarterback who has the most passing yards in the history of the league.

New Orleans is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games played while Minnesota is 16-4-1 SU in their last 21 games and 16-6-1 SU in their last 23 games at their home field. Head to head, Minnesota is 10-5 SU in their last 15 games against New Orleans and 7-1 SU when playing the Saints in Minnesota.

New Orleans is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games and 4-1 ATS in their last five games on the road. Minnesota is 3-5-2 ATS in their last 10 games and 16-6-1 ATS in their last 23 home games. Against each other, the Vikings are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games versus the Vikings.

The Saints are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games in Minnesota with the first five losses coming between 1994 to 2005. The other two losses by the Saints came last season when the Vikings won 24-19 (1/14/18)  and 29-19 (9/11/17). The last 9 games between these two squads have been decided by at least a field goal.

The total has gone over in 6 out of the last 9 games of New Orleans and also over in four out of the last six games of Minnesota. Head to head, the over is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings between these teams and the over is also 7-1 in the last 8 meetings between these teams in Minnesota.