Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Pittsburgh Steelers · Division game
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
BAL 29–20 PIT
✗ BAL (80%) lost
Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
Close—
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close—
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 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-1 75% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — | |
| 2-2 50% | 1-0 100% | 0-1 0% |
Recent meetings
The series
BAL 26–33 PIT
PIT leads · 59 games since 1999 · PIT has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
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+2.2 →+7.5▲ 5.3#4
PIT−7.9 →−2.2▲ 5.7#20
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#11
Offense
◀ BAL better#30
#3
Defense
◀ BAL better#22
0.0 #17
Turnovers
PIT better ▶+0.8 #9
64 plays #16
Pace
◀ BAL faster58 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| BAL off | PIT def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.8 #12 | 25.0 #23 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 5.25 #15 | 5.70 #25 | BAL |
| EPA / play | +0.02 #13 | −0.03 #17 | Even |
| Success rate | 48% #5 | 44% #22 | BAL |
| PIT off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 15.5 #27 | 14.5 #4 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 4.57 #27 | 3.75 #1 | BAL |
| EPA / play | −0.24 #32 | −0.22 #3 | BAL |
| Success rate | 35% #32 | 38% #2 | BAL |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
BAL scoring against the PIT defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #6 | 5.0 #24 | 12.0 #14 | 7.3 #3 | 5.5 #21 | 12.8 #8 | |
7.5 #28 | 6.8 #17 | 14.3 #24 | 3.8 #14 | 7.0 #19 | 10.8 #16 |
PIT scoring against the BAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 #19 | 5.5 #22 | 9.0 #21 | 4.8 #11 | 1.8 #31 | 6.5 #28 | |
0.8 #1 | 6.5 #13 | 7.3 #4 | 2.5 #8 | 4.0 #8 | 6.5 #5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
54° · 15 mph
gusts 31 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
BAL7d
PIT7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 121 plays
slowavg 127fast
Schedules, links & other games
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