The Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-8, 0-5) will travel to take on the Miami RedHawks (1-8, 0-5) this week in a contest between a pair of struggling MAC teams. The MAC’s leading rusher, Darius Jackson (894 yards, 12 TDs), will be featured in this game. It starts at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov 7 and will be available on ESP3.
In last week’s matchup, Miami (OH) lost to Buffalo 29-24. Sam Martin had a huge game in the loss, pulling in four receptions for 95 yards and one TD. Eastern Michigan also came up short, losing big against Western Michigan 58-28. Dustin Creel had a great game for the Eagles, grabbing five receptions for 82 yards and two TDs. Shaq Vann had 79 rushing yards on 12 carries.
The Eagles are a six-point underdog against the RedHawks and the Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is unavailable currently.
Sitting at 1-8 Straight Up (SU) and 5-4 Against The Spread (ATS), the RedHawks will look to improve heading into Week 10. In their five most recent matchups, the RedHawks went 0-5 SU and 3-2 ATS. The RedHawks average 14.4 yards each time they throw, 12th in the nation. During their last five games, the RedHawks gave up 236.8 passing yards per game.
In the other locker room, the Eagles head into Week 10 with records of 3-5-1 ATS and 1-8 SU. Over their last five games, the Eagles have a SU record of 0-5 and a 1-3-1 record ATS for those betting with them. Other teams have a high success rate throwing the ball against the RedHawks. It may be in Eastern Michigan’s game plan to take advantage of the home team’s 66.2% completion percentage allowed to opponents. The Eagles will look to put the ball in the end zone against a Miami (OH) defense that allows an average of 8.1 points in the third quarter, one of the worst marks in the nation.
Predictions: SU Winner – Eastern Michigan, ATS Winner – Eastern Michigan
Notes
Miami (Ohio) is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Miami (Ohio) is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home.
Miami (Ohio) is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Eastern Michigan.
Miami (Ohio) is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Eastern Michigan.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Eastern Michigan’s last 5 games on the road.
Eastern Michigan is 1-2 SU when leading at the half this season. Miami (OH) is 1-0 SU when taking a lead into halftime.
Eastern Michigan is winless (0-7 SU) in games where it comes out ahead in the turnover battle, and an even 1-1 SU when losing the turnover battle.
The Eastern Michigan offensive running attack is ranked 47th nationally this year, compared to the 95th-ranked rush defense of Miami (OH).
