When the Bills (10-6) travel to Houston to take on the Texans (10-6) in Saturday’s AFC wild-card playoff game (4:35 p.m. ET, ESPN and ABC), it will be about two teams trying to shake off recent first-round disappointments.
- Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texans Odds - Saturday January 4 2020. Live betting odds and lines, betting trends, against the spread and over/under trends, injury reports and matchup stats for bettors.
- Buffalo is 6-0-2 against the spread on the road this season. Head to Head Favors Texans. Overall, Houston is 5-4 against the Bills but the Texans have won four of the past five meetings.
- Odds: Bills -101, Texans -119 The Texans opened as slight favorites and the line has failed to push up to a field goal. On a neutral field, this means the Bills would be half-point favorites.
After the 2017 season, the Bills lost to the AFC South champion Jaguars 10-3 as a wild card. After the 2018 season, the AFC South champion Texans lost at home to the wild-card Colts, 21-7.
Buffalo Bills @ Houston Texans Lines and Odds. Betting; Scoring; Powerline; 141 BUF Bills 10-7-0: 142 HOU Texans 11-7-0.
Here’s everything to know about betting on Bills vs. Texans in the NFL playoffs, including updated odds, trends and our prediction for the AFC wild-card game.
Bills vs. Texans odds for NFL playoffs 2020
The Texans opened as slight favorites and the line has failed to push up to a field goal. On a neutral field, this means the Bills would be half-point favorites. In Buffalo, they would be 3.5-point favorites.
Bills vs. Texans all-time series
Since the Texans entered the league in 2002, they hold a 5-4 advantage over 9 games. The teams didn’t play in the 2019 regular season. The Texans have won four of the past five, including 20-13 in Houston in October of ’18.
Three trends to know
— The Bills were 9-5-2 against the spread during the regular season. The Texans were only 7-9.
— Only 4 of 16 Bills games went over the point total. The Texans saw 7 of 16 games go over.
— The Bills are 1-3 straight up and have covered only once in their past four games. The Texans also have covered only once in their past four games.
Three things to watch
J.J. Watt’s energy
Watt is returning from his pectoral injury to help the Texans’ struggling defense. He’s been a playoff beast before, most notably taking over wild-card games in Houston against the Bengals. The Texans could use him to disrupt Bills second-year quarterback Josh Allen, who’s getting his first taste of the playoffs in a hostile road environment.
Tre’Davious White vs. DeAndre Hopkins
White, the Bills’ shutdown cornerback is bound to be covering Hopkins, the Texans’ go-to wide receiver for Deshaun Watson, for most of the evening. Although it may not be a complete shadow, Hopkins can expect tight coverage when he’s working outside. Watson needs to buy extra time against the Bills’ good pass rush to extend plays so Hopkins can use his savvy to get open late in routes downfield.
Running quarterbacks
Allen and Watson are expected to feel the heat and won’t always see things available to them downfield. They also might get limited help from the traditional running games. So making good decisions to pick spots to take off and run can be huge for both offenses when plays break down. The QB who makes most game-changing plays off-script will be on the winning side.
Stat that matters
The Bills have the No. 8 rushing offense in the NFL, averaging 128.4 yards per game and 4.4 yards per attempt, with Allen being a big part of the production. The Texans have fallen to the No. 25 run defense, allowing on average 121.1 yards per game at 4.8 yards per attempt. Rookie running back Devin Singletary, well rested after being made inactive for Week 17, should be fed often by the Bills to exploit this weakness.
Bills vs. Texans prediction
The Bills are the better overall team because of their physical play and stout defense to back a versatile offense that can control the clock well with the run but also get big plays from the passing game from Allen to John Brown and others. Watt will have minimal impact. Watson will try to save the day, but with Hopkins contained and the rest of his receiving corps banged up, Houston won’t have enough juice to hold serve, losing a second straight wild-card game at home.
Bills 24, Texans 17
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Well, this game might not even be played, but in case it is, there’s at least one spread out there for the Buffalo Bills’ (4-0) visit to the Tennessee Titans (3-0) on Sunday in Week 5.
Bills Vs Texans Odds Score
The Bills are favorites for the fifth straight game to start the 2020 season, this time being favored by 8.5 points on OddsShark. As mentioned, this one game could be postponed, and can even be considered likely to change. Find more updates at BetMGM as well.
Due to COVID-19 concerns surrounding the Titans, it’s currently unknown if Tennessee will be able to host the Bills in Week 5. Stay tuned to Bills Wire for all of those updates.
If the game does happen, the Bills might be road favorites for back-to-back games after they were last week against the Raiders. Buffalo covered their three-point spread in that one with a 30-23 win.
Bills Vs Texans Vegas Odds
Despite a spread potentially being around, there’s no money line or over/under yet available.