Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 15 · at Cincinnati Bengals · Division game
Weather at kickoff8°F8 mphgusts 21DryCold Over 55% of 98 games since 2023Weather watch ›
6-7 · Power #14
24
▲ winner
Final
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4-9 · Power #24
0
final
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Cincinnati Bengals
Total
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
Opened 51.5 · unchangedmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.547–42 W O51.5
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.534–24 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.524–19 W U49.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & total
-3.530–27 L O49.5
Close
2025 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.529–27 L O45.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest
-4.524–26 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar season form
-4.527–20 W U50.5
Close
2025 · Week 11 · close · similar season form & spread
-3.533–16 W O48.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.522–17 W U46.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar spread & situation
-2.519–9 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.
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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
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

BAL
Longer bar = better
CIN
#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
When BAL has the ball
Advantage: BAL offense
BAL offCIN defEdge
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
When CIN has the ball
Even matchup
CIN offBAL defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BAL scored
3.8
#23
5.6
#27
9.4
#25
7.6
#1
6.9
#14
14.5
#2
CIN allowed
5.1
#22
9.6
#31
14.7
#28
7.1
#31
10.0
#30
17.1
#32
CIN scoring against the BAL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CIN scored
4.3
#19
6.9
#15
11.2
#18
4.5
#18
8.5
#5
12.9
#10
BAL allowed
4.1
#11
7.5
#20
11.6
#18
6.2
#28
6.8
#17
13.0
#22

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CIN +1.8
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