posted June 6, 2008 at 19:27 EST in Other Articles

AFL betting commences as the league enters its 15th week of action, and online sports bettors get to sink their teeth into a crucial National Conference clash as the (10-3) Philadelphia Soul invades American Airlines Arena to take on Head Coach Will McClay’s (11-2) Dallas Desperados. This game will help decide which of these teams grabs the inside track to the ArenaBowl by snagging homefield advantage throughout the American Conference playoffs.

Philadelphia cost AFL bettors in a big way its last time out when it fell at home to the Kansas City Brigade, 54-47, as 17-point home favorites. The shocking loss was their third in their last four overall games, but they played with a number of their superstars sidelined on both sides of the ball during that stretch. Last weeks “Bye” allowed them to lick their wounds and heal up for this crucial Eastern Division clash. QB Tony Graziani, DB Mike Brown, LB Rod Davis, and DL Bryan Save will all be back for this crucial game at Dallas this Saturday night. Philly has won four of its six road games SU and gone 3-3 ATS.

The Desperados seem to have found its stride after picking up decisive wins at both Orlando and Cleveland the last two weeks. The Desperados raised their record to an AFL-best 11-2 on the arm of QB Clint Dolezel, who took advantage of good protection to complete 28-of-38 passes for 252 yards and eight touchdowns. The win allowed Dallas to clinch its third straight playoff appearance. After severely costing AFL bettors from late March to mid May, Dallas secured pointspread victories in each of the last two weeks to claw one game 0ver .500 at 7-6 ATS. They currently sit atop the Eastern Division one game ahead of Philadelphia, but the Soul owns the tiebreaker after they mauled the Desperados at home back in Week 9.

This will be the 10th match-up between these division rivals in the series’ history, and the second this season. Philadelphia embarrassed the Desperados back in Week 9 at home in a game that was televised live on ESPN2 HD. The 57-28 final still doesn’t reflect how dominant Philly was even though they won the game by 29-points and crushed the 4.5-point spread. The 85 combined points saw the under cash with relative ease. Dallas holds 5-4 SU and ATS advantages throughout their first nine battles, and they’re 3-1 SU and ATS when they’ve welcomed the Soul to Dallas.
Overall, this series has been higher scoring with the over cashing in six of the nine games, but the defenses have stepped up of late to allow the under to go 2-1 ATS their L/3 meetings.

Oddsmakers tagged the Soul as one-point road favorites at the open, but the online betting public had none of that and quickly backed the home team who now sit as 4-point favorites with the ‘total’ being bought up to 108. BetUS.com offers all the Week 15 Arena Football lines your heart desires, so be sure to login and get your wagers down in what should be a heated divisional battle.

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