Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Kansas City Chiefs
Closing spread
BAL -2.5
✓ KC W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
BAL 26–23 KC
✗ BAL (59%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -2.5
CloseBAL -2.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBAL -2.5
no move
CloseBAL -2.5
No change since the open
Total
Open48.5
▲ 1
Close49.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -2.5 · unchangedmodel BAL -2
model BAL -2
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 49.5 matches the line
model 49.5 = line ✓
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 64%, covered 54% (112 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -2.5
CloseBAL -2.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
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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 KC, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: KC won 37–20 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 49.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 45%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 6.9 against an average line of 2.9; 46.9 points a game (usually 43.7). Of the 4 overs, 0 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 |
2024 · Week 18 · very close · similar spread & total |
-2.5 | 19–17 | L | U48.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar season form & spread |
-3.5 | 36–24 | W | O48.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 30–13 | W | U48.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Postseason · very close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 9–27 | L | U47.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & rest |
-4.5 | 41–31 | W | O50.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread |
-3.5 | 16–18 | L | U49.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-2.5 | 30–23 | W | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 37–20 | W | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar season form & spread |
-1.5 | 29–10 | W | U45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3.5 | 22–17 | 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 1 trend and market move 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.
Small sample warning
Baltimore Ravens have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 86 earlier overs in games with totals 46.5–52.5, 28% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% | |
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
BAL 5–10 KC
KC leads · 15 games since 1999 · KC has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 2024 | Baltimore Ravens 20 @ Kansas City Chiefs 27 | KC -2.5 | KC W |
| Jan 28 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs 17 @ Baltimore Ravens 10 | BAL -4.5 | KC W |
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 →+3.3▼ 0.3#4
KC+1.3 →+1.6▲ 0.3#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#5
Offense
◀ BAL better#15
#28
Defense
KC better ▶#16
0.0 #18
Turnovers
KC better ▶+0.3 #10
52 plays #30
Pace
KC faster ▶61 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| BAL off | KC def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 37.0 #1 | 18.7 #9 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 6.32 #2 | 4.92 #12 | BAL |
| EPA / play | +0.19 #4 | +0.02 #19 | BAL |
| Success rate | 46% #11 | 46% #23 | BAL |
| KC off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 20.0 #21 | 32.0 #31 | KC |
| Yards / play | 5.20 #19 | 5.77 #25 | KC |
| EPA / play | +0.08 #9 | +0.12 #27 | KC |
| Success rate | 46% #10 | 48% #28 | KC |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
BAL scoring against the KC defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.3 #15 | 10.3 #3 | 14.7 #10 | 10.3 #1 | 12.0 #3 | 22.3 #1 | |
4.7 #15 | 5.0 #8 | 9.7 #10 | 3.3 #9 | 5.7 #10 | 9.0 #5 |
KC scoring against the BAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.0 #32 | 7.3 #14 | 8.3 #26 | 4.3 #15 | 7.3 #12 | 11.7 #11 | |
4.7 #15 | 5.3 #12 | 10.0 #13 | 6.7 #30 | 15.3 #32 | 22.0 #32 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
85° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
BAL6d
KC7d
KC +1 day
Tempo
Slow 113 plays
slowavg 122fast
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