Thursday Night Football Odds Chargers @ Raiders

The Oakland Raiders find themselves as rare favorites in the Thursday Night Football odds against the San Diego Chargers on a Christmas Eve Edition of Thursday Night Football at 8:25 p.m. ET on the NFL Network. This is the first time since 2012 that the Raiders have been favored over the Chargers.

This game does not have any playoff implications as both teams are eliminated with two games left to play in the season based simply on the math. However, there is still money to be won in the game by bettors.

The Raiders were as high as -6.5 favorites at one point. However, they have since settled in as -5.5 favorites.

This is the first time that Oakland has been favorites against San Diego in six meetings. Oakland has covered five times against the Chargers in those six meetings. The Chargers have won six of the last eight meetings straight up against Oakland. These two teams faced off earlier in the year with the Chargers taking the victory, 37-29 as 3.5-point underdogs.

The game’s total is set at 47 points. Oakland has hit the OVER pretty consistently this season, hitting that mark eight times overall. The Chargers have stayed UNDER in five of their total games this season. The Chargers have also stayed UNDER for three consecutive games.