Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Tennessee Titans · Division game
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4-5 · Power #3
16
▲ winner
Final
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1-8 · Power #31
13
final
Closing spread
HOU -5.5
✓ TEN W
Total
37.5
▼ Under · 29 pts
Model before kickoff
HOU 23–17 TEN
✓ HOU (71%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHOU -7.5
CloseHOU -5.5
Total38.5 → 37.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Tennessee Titans
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened HOU -7.5 · closed HOU -5.5 · moved 2 toward TENmodel HOU -11
Opened 38.5 · closed 37.5 · moved 1 downmodel 39.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 55% (58 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 30% (30 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHOU -7.5
CloseHOU -5.5
Total38.5 → 37.5
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 HOU as a 5.5-point road favorite at TEN, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: HOU won 16–13; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 29 points stayed under 37.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 69%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 7.1 against an average line of 6; 45.3 points a game (usually 45.5). Of the 7 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar season form
-6.531–13 W O41.5
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar situation & season form
-5.523–13 W U40.5
Loose
2025 · Week 4 · loose · similar season form
-5.518–21 L U43.5
Loose
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar season form
-8.527–20 L O42.5
Loose
2025 · Week 2 · loose
-5.533–19 W O40.5
Loose
2024 · Week 15 · loose · similar situation
-3.521–7 W U41.5
Loose
2024 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & spread
-6.541–21 W O39.5
Loose
2025 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation
-7.517–34 L O41.5
Loose
2024 · Week 12 · loose · similar season form & situation
-5.529–19 W O41.5
Loose
2023 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & situation
-5.522–24 L O37
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Tennessee Titans ATS trend Hit
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.

Houston Texans away ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 71-65 (52%)
Tennessee Titans home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 71-65 (52%)
Market moved toward Tennessee Titans
2 pts (HOU -7.5 → HOU -5.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
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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
HOU+0.6 →+3.7▲ 3.1#4
TEN−1.8 →−6.3▼ 4.5#32
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10

HOU
Longer bar = better
TEN
#22
Offense
◀ HOU better
#32
#2
Defense
◀ HOU better
#27
+0.7 #7
Turnovers
◀ HOU better
−0.3 #20
64 plays #8
Pace
◀ HOU faster
57 plays #27
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When HOU has the ball
Advantage: HOU offense
HOU offTEN defEdge
Points / game 22.7 #19 28.6 #30 HOU
Yards / play 5.16 #23 5.84 #26 Even
EPA / play 0.00 #18 +0.12 #29 HOU
Success rate 42% #26 46% #21 TEN
When TEN has the ball
Advantage: HOU defense
TEN offHOU defEdge
Points / game 14.4 #32 16.7 #1 HOU
Yards / play 4.26 #31 4.63 #2 HOU
EPA / play −0.21 #32 −0.14 #1 HOU
Success rate 38% #31 39% #3 HOU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
HOU scoring against the TEN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HOU scored
3.2
#28
7.4
#12
10.7
#20
2.9
#27
9.1
#5
12.0
#14
TEN allowed
7.4
#31
7.1
#21
14.6
#27
6.9
#30
7.1
#19
14.0
#24
TEN scoring against the HOU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEN scored
3.7
#20
4.2
#29
7.9
#30
1.8
#32
4.8
#27
6.6
#31
HOU allowed
4.6
#17
4.2
#1
8.8
#4
5.2
#20
2.7
#1
7.9
#3

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEN +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
65° · 7 mph
gusts 20 mph · at kickoff
Rest
HOU7d
TEN14d bye
TEN +7 days
Tempo
Average 122 plays
slowavg 122fast