Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 3:00 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Arkansas State · Conference game
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5-5 · Power #115
21
final
Final
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6-4 · Power #113
28
▲ winner
Closing spread
ARST -2.5
✓ ARST W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
ULM 25–28 ARST
✓ ARST (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARST -3.5
CloseARST -2.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward UL Monroe
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARST -3.5 · closed ARST -2.5 · moved 1 toward ULMmodel ARST -2.5 matches the line
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 56%, covered 48% (193 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 47% (43 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARST -3.5
CloseARST -2.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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 ARST as a 2.5-point home favorite against ULM, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: ARST won 28–21; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 51.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 3.5 against an average line of 2.9; 56.5 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
TXST vs GASO
2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-230–38 L O52
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1.535–21 W O52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & spread
-331–23 W P54
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & rest
-4.526–33 L O47.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & season form
-313–17 L U56.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.522–19 L U46.5
Very close
RICE vs UTEP
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-3.537–30 W O47
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & situation
-348–26 W O55
Very close
LT vs UTEP
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-1.7541–31 W O52.25
Very close
FAU vs MTSU
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.517–27 L U49.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
ULM−17.3 →−11.2▲ 6.1#112
ARST−7.6 →−11.1▼ 3.5#111
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

ULM
Longer bar = better
ARST
#115
Offense
ARST better ▶
#97
#91
Defense
◀ ULM better
#125
+0.1 #60
Turnovers
Even
+0.2 #55
57 plays #134
Pace
ARST faster ▶
73 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ULM has the ball
Even matchup
ULM offARST defEdge
Points / game 20.8 #118 32.6 #116 Even
Yards / play 5.10 #118 6.80 #132 Even
PPA / play +0.08 #95 +0.25 #124 ULM
Success rate 36% #129 49% #129 Even
When ARST has the ball
Even matchup
ARST offULM defEdge
Points / game 23.8 #101 28.0 #88 Even
Yards / play 5.32 #105 5.60 #69 ULM
PPA / play +0.11 #82 +0.13 #83 Even
Success rate 40% #101 47% #123 ARST

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ULM scoring against the ARST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ULM scored
3.4
#119
5.8
#121
9.2
#121
4.3
#107
7.3
#58
11.6
#95
ARST allowed
6.2
#96
8.9
#92
15.1
#99
9.0
#125
8.5
#109
17.5
#128
ARST scoring against the ULM defense
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ARST scored
6.0
#61
4.2
#127
10.2
#116
6.3
#60
7.3
#58
13.6
#63
ULM allowed
7.8
#116
6.6
#48
14.4
#89
5.8
#73
7.8
#97
13.6
#92

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ARST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
55° · 3 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ULM7d
ARST7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 134fast