Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Georgia
Closing spread
UGA -40
✓ UAB W
Total
56
▲ Over · 70 pts
Model before kickoff
UAB 9–47 UGA
✓ UGA (100%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseUGA -40
Total56
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseUGA -40
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close56
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseUGA -40
Total56
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 7 games most like
UGA as a 40-point home favorite against UAB, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 2 went over the total.
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This game: UGA won 49–21; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 7 similar games. 70 points went over 56, as in 2 of 7.
Favorite won
7 of 7100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
4 of 667%
Normal range · usually 54%
Went over
2 of 729%
Normal range · usually 46%
Only 7 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 42 against an average line of 39.2; 54 points a game (usually 56.6). When games like this go over ›
All 7 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread |
-40.75 | 31–6 | L | U53.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 10 · loose · similar spread & rest |
-40 | 43–6 | L | U59 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-39 | 49–10 | P | O58 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 7 · loose · similar total & rest |
-37.5 | 55–0 | W | U56.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-40.5 | 55–3 | W | U60.75 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar spread & rest |
-40 | 56–14 | W | O62 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-36.5 | 47–3 | W | U53.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Georgia have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 49 earlier overs in games with totals 52–60, 41% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 33% | 1-2 33% | 2-1 67% | |
| 3-0 100% | 0-2-1 0% | 0-3 0% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UAB+0.5 →−4.8▼ 5.3#88
UGA+6.4 →+16.4▲ 10.0#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#42
Offense
UGA better ▶#27
#117
Defense
UGA better ▶#8
−0.3 #82
Turnovers
UGA better ▶+1.7 #12
72 plays #27
Pace
◀ UAB faster70 plays #43
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UAB off | UGA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 30.3 #65 | 8.0 #3 | UGA |
| Yards / play | 6.16 #47 | 4.26 #18 | UGA |
| PPA / play | +0.26 #37 | −0.16 #6 | UGA |
| Success rate | 53% #20 | 30% #4 | Even |
| UGA off | UAB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 39.0 #30 | 32.0 #116 | UGA |
| Yards / play | 6.69 #29 | 6.12 #115 | UGA |
| PPA / play | +0.31 #28 | +0.19 #111 | UGA |
| Success rate | 52% #22 | 48% #125 | UGA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
UAB scoring against the UGA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.3 #116 | 12.0 #31 | 14.3 #73 | 5.7 #77 | 10.3 #16 | 16.0 #44 | |
2.3 #19 | 2.3 #9 | 4.7 #5 | 0.0 #1 | 3.3 #22 | 3.3 #4 |
UGA scoring against the UAB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.3 #109 | 13.7 #18 | 17.0 #50 | 14.0 #1 | 8.0 #49 | 22.0 #4 | |
5.7 #93 | 12.7 #123 | 18.3 #116 | 5.7 #83 | 8.0 #101 | 13.7 #94 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 8 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UAB7d
UGA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast
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