Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Charlotte · Conference game
Weather at kickoff80°F7 mphgusts 14DryWeather watch ›
3-2 · Power #92
24
final
Final
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2-3 · Power #119
55
▲ winner
Closing spread
ECU -8.5
✓ CLT W
Total
47.5
▲ Over · 79 pts
Model before kickoff
ECU 26–19 CLT
✗ ECU (71%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -8
CloseECU -8.5
Total46.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward East Carolina
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -8 · closed ECU -8.5 · moved 0.5 toward ECUmodel ECU -5.5
Opened 46.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 1 upmodel 45
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 7.5–9.5 since 2023: won 78%, covered 57% (41 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -8
CloseECU -8.5
Total46.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like ECU as an 8.5-point road favorite at CLT, the favorite won 6, covered 2, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: CLT won 55–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 8 of the 10 similar games. 79 points went over 47.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.2 against an average line of 7.7; 50 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
TROY @ TXST
2021 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-7.531–28 L O48.5
Very close
WYO @ HAW
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & situation
-11.527–20 L U50.75
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1142–6 W O41.75
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & rest
-5.518–33 L O47.25
Very close
JMU @ ODU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.537–3 W U48
Very close
WYO @ CSU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-8.514–13 L U42.5
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar team ratings & situation
-4.7531–37 L O48
Very close
FAU @ ODU
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-6.516–30 L U48
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar total & rest
-824–21 L U47.5
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-631–38 L O51
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Charlotte have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ECU−7.2 →−6.0▲ 1.2#92
CLT−9.5 →−13.3▼ 3.8#120
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

ECU
Longer bar = better
CLT
#103
Offense
◀ ECU better
#119
#28
Defense
◀ ECU better
#117
−0.8 #110
Turnovers
CLT better ▶
−0.4 #92
72 plays #23
Pace
◀ ECU faster
63 plays #102
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ECU has the ball
Even matchup
ECU offCLT defEdge
Points / game 27.0 #87 33.2 #118 ECU
Yards / play 5.47 #97 6.74 #130 ECU
PPA / play −0.03 #120 +0.23 #113 Even
Success rate 39% #109 44% #106 Even
When CLT has the ball
Advantage: ECU defense
CLT offECU defEdge
Points / game 17.8 #124 18.6 #36 ECU
Yards / play 5.07 #111 4.58 #26 ECU
PPA / play 0.00 #117 −0.04 #26 ECU
Success rate 35% #124 35% #24 ECU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ECU scoring against the CLT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
10.6
#15
4.8
#116
15.4
#65
7.8
#48
3.8
#121
11.6
#92
CLT allowed
6.0
#85
11.6
#124
17.6
#111
6.8
#92
8.8
#114
15.6
#113
CLT scoring against the ECU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CLT scored
0.6
#133
5.4
#108
6.0
#131
4.8
#94
7.0
#59
11.8
#87
ECU allowed
2.6
#24
6.2
#50
8.8
#35
5.6
#72
4.2
#40
9.8
#42

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CLT +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 7 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ECU7d
CLT7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
ECU, CLT backup QBs started
Not the usual starter