Starting this Thursday, until the end of the 2009 NFL regular season , there will be an extra day of professional football.

The first Thursday-nighter will see the Chicago Bears visiting the San Francisco 49ers with the Niners favored by a field goal.

Candlestick Park has not been kind to the Bears, as they are 1-7 straight up and against the spread on the road against San Fran dating back to 1985.

Chicago is also 2-7 ATS in its last nine road games and in its last 10 games when underdogs of 4-points or less, is 3-7-1 ATS.

The Total is set at 43.