Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Georgia State
Closing spread
GAST -3
✓ GAST W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
CONN 25–29 GAST
✓ GAST (59%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseGAST -3
Total54.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseGAST -3
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close54.5
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseGAST -3
Total54.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
GAST as a 3-point home favorite against CONN, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: GAST won 35–14; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.4 against an average line of 3; 56.4 points a game (usually 54.4). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & total |
-3.5 | 31–17 | W | U53.75 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 7 · close · similar total & rest |
-1 | 34–31 | W | O53 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total |
-3.5 | 17–24 | L | U53 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & total |
-2.5 | 42–39 | W | O55.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & total |
-3.5 | 17–26 | L | U55.25 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 23–26 | L | U55.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar total & spread |
-3.5 | 31–7 | W | U54 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total |
-3.5 | 48–27 | W | O57.25 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total |
-1.5 | 32–33 | L | O57.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-4 | 29–30 | L | O58.75 |
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
UConn has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 27 in the 4th quarter and got 21. 53% of games with totals 50.5–58.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 0% | 1-0 100% | 0-0 — | |
| 1-0 100% | 0-1 0% | 1-0 100% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
Longer bar = better
#93
Offense
GAST better ▶#27
#93
Defense
◀ CONN better#109
−1.0 #89
Turnovers
GAST better ▶+2.0 #11
53 plays #124
Pace
Even58 plays #117
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| CONN off | GAST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 14.0 #116 | 35.0 #106 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.15 #94 | 6.93 #117 | CONN |
| PPA / play | +0.09 #86 | +0.26 #113 | CONN |
| Success rate | 42% #77 | 43% #98 | CONN |
| GAST off | CONN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 42.0 #28 | 24.0 #76 | GAST |
| Yards / play | 7.31 #23 | 5.06 #68 | GAST |
| PPA / play | +0.42 #22 | +0.15 #97 | GAST |
| Success rate | 51% #35 | 60% #131 | GAST |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 4 mph
gusts 8 mph · 0.004 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
CONN9d
GAST9d
Even
Tempo
Slow 111 plays
slowavg 135fast
Quarterback
CONN backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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