MINNESOTA VIKINGS VS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FULL BETTING PREVIEW

The long wait is over for American Football fans and we face the prospect of a slightly odds Thursday match-up (Friday morning for us) in the NFL. The defending Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints are coming in as the heavy favourites over the Minnesota Vikings and there are a number of very interesting betting options available at popular UK bookmaker Ladbrokes. 
We've got over 50 different markets available and the outright betting, as mentioned before, is sharply skewed towards the Saints. You can back the Saints at a 1.41 price tag while the Vikings are available at a 3.0 listing. 
The point spread is currently set at New Orleans (-5.0) with a 1.9 price going in each direction. The over/under on total points for Vikings vs Saints is set at 48.5 and I think there's a distinct possibility we'll see the over in this one. 
Drew Brees team are the favourite to win virtually every quarter and there is point spread betting and over/under betting on every quarter of the match. Live betting will also be available on this one and you can certainly cash in a tidy sum betting on next team to score. 
The first score of the game is favoured to be a New Orleans Saints touchdown and you can back that at a 2.62 price while a Vikings touchdown trades at 2.87. A field goal for either side is trading at 4.33 while a safety being the first score of the match pays a whopping 101.0. 
The first turnover of the match is favoured to be an interception at 1.76 while a fumble is trading at 1.95. 
The Saints vs Vikings match is priced at 10.0 to go to overtime and, should we wind up in sudden death OT, we're looking at 1.28 for it to be decided by a field goal and we're at 3.25 for the match to be decided by touchdown. Should it wind up a tie-game, you've got a 23.0 payout. A safety to decide overtime would pay out a whopping 101.0. 
In regards to the touchdown scorer betting odds tonight, we've got some supremely quality bets available- especially if you fancy the match to be a high-scoring affair.
Adrian Peterson is a heavy favourite to score a touchdown and he's priced at 1.14 to do so anytime and he's also listed at 4.5 to get the first touchdown. He's listed at 2.4 to score the first touchdown for Minnesota. 
Reggie Bush's odds to grab a touchdown at any point is listed at 1.61 and he's 9.0 to grab the first one. You can back him at 5.5 to score the first goal for New Orleans. 
Pierre Thomas is the favoured first touchdown scorer for New Orleans with a 4.0 price and he's a slim 1.33 to score anytime in the match. You can back Pierre Thomas at 7.0 to score the first TD of the match. 
Other notable prices include Drew Brees to score anytime at 6.0, Jeremy Shockey at 2.6, Brett Favre is 12.0 to score a touchdown while Percy Harvin is priced at even money.