Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Las Vegas Raiders
Closing spread
CLE -2.5
✓ LV W
Total
38.5
▼ Under · 36 pts
Model before kickoff
CLE 24–21 LV
✗ CLE (59%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLE -0.5
CloseCLE -2.5
Total37.5 → 38.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenCLE -0.5
2 → CLE
CloseCLE -2.5
2 pts toward Cleveland Browns
Total
Open37.5
▲ 1
Close38.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CLE -0.5 · closed CLE -2.5 · moved 2 toward CLEmodel CLE -2
model CLE -2
Opened 37.5 · closed 38.5 · moved 1 upmodel 45
model 45
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 60%, covered 47% (52 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLE -0.5
CloseCLE -2.5
Total37.5 → 38.5
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
CLE as a 2.5-point road favorite at LV, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: LV won 20–16 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 36 points stayed under 38.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 43%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.6 against an average line of 2.4; 40.6 points a game (usually 43.6). Of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 21–17 | W | U43 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-1.5 | 17–10 | W | U39.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-2 | 23–25 | L | O43.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest |
-3 | 23–10 | W | U41 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 24–17 | W | U42.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 12 · loose · similar season form |
-3 | 16–14 | L | U41.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-1.5 | 14–51 | L | O36.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar season form |
-1 | 12–7 | W | U37.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & team ratings |
-1.5 | 12–30 | L | O37.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest |
-3.5 | 33–30 | L | O39.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 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 Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.
Market moved toward Cleveland Browns
2 pts (CLE -0.5 → CLE -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Cleveland Browns on a cross-country trip
Cleveland Browns cross 3 time zones (1,829 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
Cleveland Browns have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 9 in the 4th quarter and got 6. 52% of games with totals 35.5–41.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% | |
| 4-6 40% | 6-3-1 67% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
The series
CLE 7–8 LV
LV leads · 15 games since 2000 · CLE has won the last meeting
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
CLE+1.1 →−1.0▼ 2.1#20
LV−0.8 →−2.7▼ 1.9#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#29
Offense
LV better ▶#22
#15
Defense
◀ CLE better#26
−0.7 #26
Turnovers
◀ CLE better−1.3 #30
66 plays #6
Pace
◀ CLE faster59 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| CLE off | LV def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 16.7 #25 | 27.0 #28 | Even |
| Yards / play | 3.76 #31 | 6.07 #29 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.21 #29 | +0.05 #24 | LV |
| Success rate | 34% #32 | 45% #21 | LV |
| LV off | CLE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.3 #18 | 22.3 #20 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.98 #22 | 5.04 #12 | CLE |
| EPA / play | −0.19 #27 | −0.03 #13 | CLE |
| Success rate | 40% #21 | 40% #14 | CLE |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
CLE scoring against the LV defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.7 #11 | 2.0 #31 | 7.7 #26 | 3.3 #23 | 5.7 #13 | 9.0 #20 | |
4.3 #14 | 7.7 #20 | 12.0 #19 | 5.3 #20 | 9.7 #30 | 15.0 #29 |
LV scoring against the CLE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.7 #16 | 2.0 #31 | 6.7 #29 | 2.3 #28 | 10.3 #1 | 12.7 #9 | |
4.7 #16 | 10.0 #29 | 14.7 #28 | 5.7 #22 | 2.0 #1 | 7.7 #9 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
CLE7d
LV7d
Even
Tempo
Average 125 plays
slowavg 121fast
Travel
CLE 1,829 mi
3 time zones
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