Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 15 · at Cincinnati Bengals · Division game
Closing spread
BAL -2.5
✓ BAL W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 24 pts
Model before kickoff
BAL 28–25 CIN
✓ BAL (60%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -3
CloseBAL -2.5
Total51.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBAL -3
0.5 → CIN
CloseBAL -2.5
0.5 pts toward Cincinnati Bengals
Total
Open51.5
no move
Close51.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -3 · closed BAL -2.5 · moved 0.5 toward CINmodel BAL -5.5
model BAL -5.5
Opened 51.5 · unchangedmodel 52.5
model 52.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 62%, covered 53% (142 games)ⓘ
Moved off 3The team the line moved toward covered 25% (20 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -3
CloseBAL -2.5
Total51.5
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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
BAL as a 2.5-point road favorite at CIN, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: BAL won 24–0; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 24 points stayed under 51.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
6 of 1060%
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 6.2 against an average line of 3.3; 51.6 points a game (usually 44.1). Of the 6 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & rest |
-2.5 | 47–42 | W | O51.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 34–24 | W | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 24–19 | W | U49.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & total |
-3.5 | 30–27 | L | O49.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3.5 | 29–27 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest |
-4.5 | 24–26 | L | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar season form |
-4.5 | 27–20 | W | U50.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 11 · close · similar season form & spread |
-3.5 | 33–16 | W | O48.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 22–17 | W | U46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar spread & situation |
-2.5 | 19–9 | W | U46.5 |
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 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 35 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 42% of games with totals 48.5–54.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% | |
| 2-8 20% | 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 5 since 2023
BAL 30–25 CIN
BAL leads · 55 games since 1999 · BAL has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27 2025 | Cincinnati Bengals 32 @ Baltimore Ravens 14 | BAL -7 | CIN W |
| Nov 7 2024 | Cincinnati Bengals 34 @ Baltimore Ravens 35 | BAL -5.5 | CIN W |
| Oct 6 2024 | Baltimore Ravens 41 @ Cincinnati Bengals 38 | BAL -2.5 | BAL W |
| Nov 16 2023 | Cincinnati Bengals 20 @ Baltimore Ravens 34 | BAL -3.5 | BAL W |
| Sep 17 2023 | Baltimore Ravens 27 @ Cincinnati Bengals 24 | — | — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
BAL+3.6 →+0.8▼ 2.8#15
CIN+0.5 →−3.6▼ 4.1#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW14
Longer bar = better
#16
Offense
Even#19
#20
Defense
◀ BAL better#32
−0.4 #27
Turnovers
CIN better ▶−0.3 #23
58 plays #28
Pace
CIN faster ▶60 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| BAL off | CIN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 23.9 #13 | 31.8 #32 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 5.58 #10 | 6.32 #32 | BAL |
| EPA / play | −0.02 #21 | +0.17 #32 | BAL |
| Success rate | 43% #21 | 50% #32 | BAL |
| CIN off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.2 #12 | 24.6 #22 | CIN |
| Yards / play | 5.22 #20 | 5.45 #21 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.03 #26 | +0.03 #21 | BAL |
| Success rate | 44% #17 | 43% #14 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
BAL scoring against the CIN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.8 #23 | 5.6 #27 | 9.4 #25 | 7.6 #1 | 6.9 #14 | 14.5 #2 | |
5.1 #22 | 9.6 #31 | 14.7 #28 | 7.1 #31 | 10.0 #30 | 17.1 #32 |
CIN scoring against the BAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.3 #19 | 6.9 #15 | 11.2 #18 | 4.5 #18 | 8.5 #5 | 12.9 #10 | |
4.1 #11 | 7.5 #20 | 11.6 #18 | 6.2 #28 | 6.8 #17 | 13.0 #22 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
8° · 8 mph
gusts 21 mph · at kickoff
Rest
BAL7d
CIN7d
Even
Tempo
Average 119 plays
slowavg 123fast
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