Keys to victory: Who will win Super Bowl Li 2017?"

The 51st Super Bowl Li between Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots will be held on February 6 in Houston at NRG Stadium. This year for the first time Atlanta Falcons and the 4-time Super Bowl winners Patriots of Boston will play in the final.

Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots v Atlanta Falcons

To win the Super Bowl, teams need their stars playing like stars. The favourite of the bookmakers is the Boston team. They give the average ratio on them, while the chances of Atlanta, respectively, are estimated more modest. Are the bookmakers right? Experts believe that yes. Few expected to see Falcons in the final, as they came into the 2016 season as an 80/1 shot to win the Bowl. However, this year the quarterback Matt Ryan’s MVP-calibre performances gave Falcons this chance. If Falcons want to win the Lombardi trophy, Ryan should become the best quarterback on the field, despite the presence of four-time winner of the Super Bowl on the opposite touchline.

New England Patriots

New England Patriots, which will play in Houston now, have a much less stellar line-up than the team that won the Super Bowl two years ago. But this impression can be deceiving. The Champions of the American Conference are all as good in the field, as the six teams of Bill Belichick that previously went to the Super Bowl. Despite the injuries, suspensions and trade, Patriots finished the season on the 1st place in victories, on the 1st - on points in the defence, on the 3rd - on points in attack and on the 1st place according to DVOA. The favourite, according to the assessment of bookmaker in New England is a 39-year-old quarterback Tom Brady. The Patriots played 4-0 against the Falcons with Brady on the field. They had 7-0 against the spread in the previous 7 games and the average win margin of 19 points, which allows us to back them against the spread.

Atlanta Falcons

Regardless of whether Matt Ryan receives the title of Most Valuable Player of the season or not, this year was definitely the best for the NFL quarterback. During his 9th season, the player has finished the regular season with a rating of 117.1 passes, gaining an average of 309 yards per game, and thus becoming only the fourth quarterback in NFL history, who was able to show a rating above 115 in one season, and score more than 300 yards per game. He showed these figures gaining 9.25 yards per attempt, which is the best in NFL history among all quarterbacks who have made at least 400 pass attempts in a single season. Add to this 38 touchdowns and only seven interceptions, and gain a better quarterback of the those who came out of the playoffs. Although the Pats are good in the defence this year, they’ve met several; high-quality offences. Malcolm Butler may need additional support to contain Jones, who might let WR Mohamed Sanu to score early on, so he is 16/1 to score the first touchdown.

If we talk about the total in this game, it is expected that it will be Under 58.5 Points. This is a great total taking into account the best defence in the league of the Pats and the improved defence of the Falcons, which let more than 28 points only twice in their previous 9 games.

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