Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Kansas City Chiefs
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1-2 · Power #14
20
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Final
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1-2 · Power #12
37
▲ winner
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -2.5 · unchangedmodel BAL -2
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 49.5 matches the 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 18 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.519–17 L U48.5
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar season form & spread
-3.536–24 W O48.5
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar spread & season form
-2.530–13 W U48.5
Very close
2024 · Postseason · very close · similar spread & season form
-2.59–27 L U47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & rest
-4.541–31 W O50.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread
-3.516–18 L U49.5
Very close
2024 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.530–23 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & season form
-2.537–20 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar season form & spread
-1.529–10 W U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.522–17 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.
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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 →+3.3▼ 0.3#4
KC+1.3 →+1.6▲ 0.3#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

BAL
Longer bar = better
KC
#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
When BAL has the ball
Advantage: BAL offense
BAL offKC defEdge
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
When KC has the ball
Advantage: KC offense
KC offBAL defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BAL scored
4.3
#15
10.3
#3
14.7
#10
10.3
#1
12.0
#3
22.3
#1
KC allowed
4.7
#15
5.0
#8
9.7
#10
3.3
#9
5.7
#10
9.0
#5
KC scoring against the BAL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KC scored
1.0
#32
7.3
#14
8.3
#26
4.3
#15
7.3
#12
11.7
#11
BAL allowed
4.7
#15
5.3
#12
10.0
#13
6.7
#30
15.3
#32
22.0
#32

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
KC +1.8
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