Sun, Nov 9, 2025, 9:30 AM ESTWeek 10 · Neutral site
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3-5 · Power #20
25
final
Final
vs
7-2 · Power #13
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
IND -5.5
✓ IND W
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 56 pts
Model before kickoff
ATL 21–26 IND
✓ IND (68%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIND -6.5
CloseIND -5.5
Total48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Atlanta Falcons
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IND -6.5 · closed IND -5.5 · moved 1 toward ATLmodel IND -3
Opened 48.5 · unchangedmodel 47.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 43% (58 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIND -6.5
CloseIND -5.5
Total48.5
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 3 games most like IND as a 5.5-point neutral-site favorite against ATL, the favorite won 3, covered 2, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: IND won 31–25; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 3 similar games. 56 points went over 48.5, as in 0 of 3.
Favorite won
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 69%
Favorite covered
2 of 367%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
0 of 30%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 3 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 12 against an average line of 4.2; 35.3 points a game (usually 45.5). When games like this go over ›

All 3 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.513–11 L U43.5
Loose
2025 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3.535–7 W U43.5
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.523–17 W U42.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Atlanta Falcons ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 117-99 (54%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Atlanta Falcons 3-0 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 81-81 (50%)
Market moved toward Atlanta Falcons
1 pt (IND -6.5 → IND -5.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ATL−0.4 →−0.2▲ 0.2#17
IND−0.8 →+3.0▲ 3.8#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9

ATL
Longer bar = better
IND
#23
Offense
IND better ▶
#1
#14
Defense
Even
#12
+0.5 #8
Turnovers
◀ ATL better
+0.3 #12
62 plays #15
Pace
◀ ATL faster
61 plays #22
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ATL has the ball
Advantage: IND defense
ATL offIND defEdge
Points / game 17.9 #28 20.1 #7 IND
Yards / play 5.45 #14 5.22 #12 Even
EPA / play −0.04 #27 −0.04 #7 IND
Success rate 43% #22 46% #22 Even
When IND has the ball
Advantage: IND offense
IND offATL defEdge
Points / game 32.2 #1 22.3 #14 IND
Yards / play 6.33 #1 4.90 #7 IND
EPA / play +0.19 #1 −0.01 #14 IND
Success rate 51% #1 46% #19 IND

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
ATL scoring against the IND defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ATL scored
5.5
#10
4.1
#30
9.6
#24
3.4
#24
4.9
#26
8.3
#29
IND allowed
2.9
#5
6.0
#13
8.9
#6
4.7
#16
6.6
#17
11.2
#15
IND scoring against the ATL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IND scored
6.6
#5
10.2
#2
16.8
#1
8.0
#2
7.4
#10
15.4
#3
ATL allowed
3.5
#9
7.9
#22
11.4
#19
5.4
#21
5.5
#11
10.9
#10

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
45° · 1 mph
gusts 3 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ATL7d
IND7d
Even
Tempo
Average 122 plays
slowavg 122fast