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The New England Patriots will look to extend their current road winning streak to eight games when they visit the Denver Broncos on Sunday night as three-point betting favorites at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

The Patriots improved their perfect record on the season to 10-0 with a 20-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills, but failed to pick up the against-the-spread win for the fourth time in their last six outings, tallying a push as seven-point favorites to drop to 2-2-2 ATS during that stretch.

Despite its recent troubles at the sportsbooks, New England has largely dominated opponents, holding them to just 14 points per game in its last four heading into Sunday night's Patriots vs. Broncos betting matchup at Sports Authority Field.

The Patriots have allowed just one second-half touchdown pass over their last four games, while surrendering just 16 total points, surpassing the Broncos as the league leaders in team defense with just 18.2 points allowed per game.

However, New England will face an unfamiliar adversary under center in Denver this weekend, as Brock Osweiler gets the start in his second career NFL game. Osweiler stepped in last week in place of the injured Peyton Manning.

The 25-year-old led the Broncos to a 17-15 win over the Chicago Bears in his first start last weekend, throwing a pair of touchdown passes as the team ended a two-game SU win streak but failed to cover as 2 1/2-point chalk, extending their current ATS slide to three games.

Denver has been a disappointment at the sportsbooks for several weeks, going 2-4-1 ATS in their last seven overall according to the OddsShark NFL Database, and just 3-5 ATS in their last eight contests on home turf, but posted outright victories in each of their last three as underdogs.

While the Broncos have risen to the occasion recently as betting underdogs, history is not on their side in recent matchups with the Patriots, dropping five of their last six overall against New England both SU and ATS.

However, Denver holds a home-field advantage, going 5-2 SU and ATS in its last seven versus the Patriots at Mile High, including a 26-16 victory in its most recent clash in the 2013 AFC Championship Game, easily covering as 4 1/2-point chalk.

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