The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Missouri Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on December 26when they meet at Independence Stadium in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl.

Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 4½-point favorites versus the Tar Heels, while the game's total is sitting at 54.

North Carolina won its last outing, a 37-21 result against Duke on November 26. North Carolina covered in that game as a 14-point favorite, while the 58 combined points took the game OVER the total.

Missouri was a 24-10 winner in their most recent outing on the road against Kansas. They failed to cover the 26?point spread as favorites, while the total score (34) made winners of UNDER bettors.

SA Take: The public is on Mizzou here. The conventional thinking is that they are the more explosive team from the more explosive confernce. That may be true but we feel that UNC has key athletes in key places to stop this team. With better athletes on special teams and defense it will be hard for them to run up an down the field. Take UNC.

Team records:
North Carolina: 7-5 SU, 6-6 ATS
Missouri: 7-5 SU, 6-5-1 ATS

North Carolina most recently:
When playing in December are 5-3
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 8-2

Missouri most recently:
When playing in December are 3-7
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina's last 6 games
North Carolina is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games
North Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Missouri is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Missouri is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games

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