Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Baltimore Ravens · Division game
Closing spread
BAL -12.5
✓ BAL W
Total
46.5
▲ Over · 58 pts
Model before kickoff
CLE 18–30 BAL
✓ BAL (87%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -12.5
CloseBAL -12.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBAL -12.5
no move
CloseBAL -12.5
No change since the open
Total
Open45.5
▲ 1
Close46.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -12.5 · unchangedmodel BAL -10.5
model BAL -10.5
Opened 45.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 upmodel 48
model 48
Openline modelKickoff
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -12.5
CloseBAL -12.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
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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 12.5-point home favorite against CLE, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: BAL won 41–17; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 58 points went over 46.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 83%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 56%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 17 against an average line of 11.8; 46.8 points a game (usually 46.7). Of the 6 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & total |
-12.5 | 52–14 | W | O46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 18 · close · similar rest & total |
-14.5 | 27–19 | L | O44.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest |
-14.5 | 34–0 | W | U43.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & season form |
-10.5 | 30–13 | W | O41.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest & total |
-14.5 | 24–21 | L | U47.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 18 · loose |
-10.5 | 22–24 | L | O41.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total |
-8.5 | 41–10 | W | O46.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 17 · loose · similar rest |
-13 | 27–24 | L | O46 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest |
-9.5 | 34–10 | W | O41.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Postseason · loose · similar rest |
-9.5 | 28–14 | W | U44.5 |
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
Cleveland Browns has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 128 earlier overs in games with totals 43.5–49.5, 23% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-9 10% | 2-8 20% | 4-6 40% | |
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 4 since 2023
CLE 16–39 BAL
BAL leads · 55 games since 1999 · CLE has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4 2024 | Cleveland Browns 10 @ Baltimore Ravens 35 | BAL -20.5 | BAL W |
| Oct 27 2024 | Baltimore Ravens 24 @ Cleveland Browns 29 | BAL -7.5 | CLE W |
| Nov 12 2023 | Cleveland Browns 33 @ Baltimore Ravens 31 | BAL -6 | CLE W |
| Oct 1 2023 | Baltimore Ravens 28 @ Cleveland Browns 3 | — | — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CLE−2.1 →−1.6▲ 0.5#26
BAL+3.6 →+3.4▼ 0.2#1
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1
Longer bar = better
#22
Offense
BAL better ▶#2
#8
Defense
◀ CLE better#29
−2.0 #30
Turnovers
BAL better ▶−1.0 #25
71 plays #4
Pace
◀ CLE faster50 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| CLE off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 16.0 #22 | 41.0 #32 | CLE |
| Yards / play | 4.61 #22 | 6.37 #30 | CLE |
| EPA / play | −0.05 #20 | +0.23 #29 | CLE |
| Success rate | 39% #25 | 49% #25 | Even |
| BAL off | CLE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 40.0 #2 | 17.0 #12 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 8.64 #1 | 2.88 #2 | Even |
| EPA / play | +0.39 #1 | −0.11 #9 | BAL |
| Success rate | 50% #5 | 41% #9 | Even |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 3 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CLE7d
BAL7d
Even
Tempo
Average 121 plays
slowavg 122fast
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