Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Jacksonville Jaguars · Division game
Closing spread
JAX -3.5
✓ JAX W
Total
43.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
IND 24–28 JAX
✓ JAX (63%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseJAX -3.5
Total43.5
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Market
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Spread
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CloseJAX -3.5
Opening line not available
Total
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Close43.5
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseJAX -3.5
Total43.5
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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
JAX as a 3.5-point home favorite against IND, the favorite won 4, covered 2, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: JAX won 37–20; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 43.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 5 against an average line of 3.1; 41.6 points a game (usually 46.7). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 17 · very close · similar season form & rest |
-3 | 23–21 | L | O41.5 |
| Very close | 2020 · Week 14 · very close · similar total & season form |
-3 | 15–23 | L | U43.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & season form |
-3 | 27–22 | W | O44 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3 | 17–16 | L | U41 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 41–10 | W | O44 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 22–36 | L | O41.5 |
| Very close | 2020 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 6–33 | L | U45 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 18 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 7–10 | L | U41.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 10–24 | L | U42 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & rest |
-2.5 | 15–38 | L | O43.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2020 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
Indianapolis Colts 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-2 60% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — | |
| 3-2 60% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
IND 27–22 JAX
IND leads · 49 games since 2000 · JAX has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars 31 @ Indianapolis Colts 21 | — | — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
IND−3.9 →+2.2▲ 6.1#13
JAX+3.9 →+4.0▲ 0.1#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#16
Offense
Even#18
#21
Defense
JAX better ▶#15
+0.6 #11
Turnovers
Even+0.8 #10
66 plays #12
Pace
JAX faster ▶70 plays #3
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| IND off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.0 #10 | 20.4 #12 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.24 #15 | 5.73 #26 | IND |
| EPA / play | −0.04 #17 | −0.04 #12 | JAX |
| Success rate | 41% #23 | 42% #10 | JAX |
| JAX off | IND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.0 #20 | 23.0 #22 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.15 #17 | 5.37 #19 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.09 #22 | −0.02 #16 | IND |
| Success rate | 44% #14 | 45% #25 | JAX |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
IND scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.2 #17 | 6.8 #13 | 11.0 #16 | 7.0 #4 | 5.4 #20 | 12.4 #9 | |
1.4 #3 | 6.2 #11 | 7.6 #5 | 7.0 #29 | 5.8 #16 | 12.8 #24 |
JAX scoring against the IND defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.0 #14 | 4.6 #26 | 9.6 #20 | 2.6 #26 | 8.8 #6 | 11.4 #11 | |
7.6 #30 | 3.8 #4 | 11.4 #17 | 4.6 #22 | 5.8 #16 | 10.4 #18 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 9 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
IND7d
JAX7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 135 plays
slowavg 127fast
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