Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Cleveland Browns · Division game
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4-1 · Power #10
10
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Final
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3-2 · Power #30
13
▲ winner
Closing spread
BAL -3
✓ CLE W
Total
40.5
▼ Under · 23 pts
Model before kickoff
BAL 22–19 CLE
✗ BAL (60%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -3
Total44.5 → 40.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Game recap · 1:27

Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns: game recap

Made automatically (Oct 19, 11:37 AM ET). The “Model before kickoff” score on this card was updated after the video was made, so the video quotes an older one.

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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward Cleveland Browns
Total
Down 4 since the open
Line movement
Pre-kickoff prices from ESPN · tap a dot
Opened BAL -6.5 · closed BAL -3 · moved 3.5 toward CLEmodel BAL -0.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 40.5 · moved 4 downmodel 41
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 64%, covered 53% (149 games)ⓘ
Moved onto 3The team the line moved toward covered 45% (22 games since 2025)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -3
Total44.5 → 40.5
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Books

9 sportsbooks · prices at kickoff
BookSpreadTotalMoneyline
BALCLEOverUnderBALCLE
BetMGMMGM-3-118+3-10239.5-11039.5-108-175+150
BetOnline.agBetOnline.ag-3-115+3-10539.5-11039.5-110-170+149
BetRiversBetRivers-3.5-105+3.5-11739.5-11339.5-108-175+140
BetUSBetUS-3-115+3-10539.5-11039.5-110-170+146
BovadaBovada-3-115+3-10539.5-11039.5-110-175+150
DraftKingsDK-3-118+3-10239.5-11239.5-108-170+142
FanDuelFD-3-115+3-10539.5-10539.5-115-180+150
LowVig.agLowVig.ag-3-114+3+10339.5-10739.5-107-170+149
MyBookie.agMyBookie.ag-3-115+3-10539.5-11039.5-110-172+145

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 3-point road favorite at CLE, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: CLE won 13–10 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 23 points stayed under 40.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 0.5 against an average line of 2.7; 43.7 points a game (usually 44.8). Of the 7 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.526–21 W O40.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & season form
-0.516–33 L O43.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.530–27 W O39.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.521–7 W U41.5
Loose
2024 · Week 12 · loose
-3.519–24 L O36.5
Loose
2025 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest
-3.523–3 W U45.5
Loose
2024 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3.528–3 W U42.5
Loose
2024 · Postseason · loose · similar rest & season form
-2.512–32 L O41.5
Loose
2025 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & season form
-2.527–30 L O45.5
Loose
2025 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.519–36 L O44.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Cleveland Browns ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Mixed signals 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.

Market moved toward Cleveland Browns
3.5 pts (BAL -6.5 → BAL -3). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Both teams trending Over (7-3 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2024–26: 11-13 (46%)
Total moved down 4
44.5 → 40.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
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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+0.7 →+2.1▲ 1.4#10
CLE−1.8 →−3.0▼ 1.2#29
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

BAL
Longer bar = better
CLE
#4
Offense
◀ BAL better
#27
#14
Defense
Even
#15
+0.6 #8
Turnovers
◀ BAL better
−0.2 #19
62 plays #17
Pace
◀ BAL faster
59 plays #24
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When BAL has the ball
Advantage: BAL offense
BAL offCLE defEdge
Points / game 29.2 #6 22.4 #14 BAL
Yards / play 6.36 #4 5.19 #13 BAL
EPA / play +0.15 #5 −0.02 #15 BAL
Success rate 51% #2 43% #16 BAL
When CLE has the ball
Advantage: BAL defense
CLE offBAL defEdge
Points / game 18.6 #27 23.8 #19 BAL
Yards / play 4.65 #26 5.25 #15 BAL
EPA / play −0.08 #26 −0.02 #16 BAL
Success rate 39% #27 41% #7 BAL

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
BAL scoring against the CLE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BAL scored
7.6
#2
11.4
#3
19.0
#1
3.2
#26
5.6
#21
8.8
#28
CLE allowed
6.8
#28
3.8
#1
10.6
#12
4.6
#17
7.2
#18
11.8
#15
CLE scoring against the BAL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CLE scored
1.2
#30
7.4
#12
8.6
#25
2.6
#30
7.4
#12
10.0
#27
BAL allowed
6.0
#26
4.6
#4
10.6
#12
4.0
#6
9.2
#28
13.2
#22

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CLE +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 7 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
BAL7d
CLE7d
Even
Tempo
Average 121 plays
slowavg 124fast
Quarterback
BAL backup QB started
Model priced BAL with its QB out