Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 3 · at New Orleans Saints
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2-0 · Power #23
35
▲ winner
Final
@
1-1 · Power #29
27
final
Closing spread
NO -3.5
✓ LV W
Total
44.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
LV 20–23 NO
✗ NO (62%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenNO -3
CloseNO -3.5
Total42.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward New Orleans Saints
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NO -3 · closed NO -3.5 · moved 0.5 toward NOmodel NO -2
Opened 42.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 2 upmodel 42.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 53% (222 games)ⓘ
Moved off 3The team the line moved toward covered 28% (32 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenNO -3
CloseNO -3.5
Total42.5 → 44.5
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 NO as a 3.5-point home favorite against LV, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: LV won 35–27 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 62 points went over 44.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 65%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 53%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.6 against an average line of 3.4; 49 points a game (usually 44.6). Of the 6 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.521–26 L O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-5.526–13 W U43.5
Close
2025 · Week 16 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.520–34 L O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar total & rest
-2.529–31 L O44.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.533–26 W O45.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-4.517–21 L U44.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.524–38 L O48.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-1.529–9 W U44.5
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.527–20 W U49.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.527–19 W O41.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved up 2
42.5 → 44.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Small sample warning
Las Vegas Raiders have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
LV−3.0 →−1.4▲ 1.6#22
NO−1.2 →−0.1▲ 1.1#17
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

LV
Longer bar = better
NO
#22
Offense
NO better ▶
#15
#5
Defense
◀ LV better
#21
+1.0 #9
Turnovers
◀ LV better
−0.5 #21
64 plays #9
Pace
NO faster ▶
75 plays #2
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LV has the ball
Even matchup
LV offNO defEdge
Points / game 26.5 #12 24.0 #19 LV
Yards / play 4.69 #28 5.28 #17 NO
EPA / play −0.07 #22 +0.05 #18 Even
Success rate 39% #26 53% #31 LV
When NO has the ball
Advantage: LV defense
NO offLV defEdge
Points / game 27.0 #9 13.5 #5 Even
Yards / play 5.11 #20 5.08 #11 LV
EPA / play +0.05 #13 −0.25 #1 LV
Success rate 43% #18 35% #1 LV

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 24 teams
LV scoring against the NO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LV scored
3.5
10.0
13.5
8.5
4.5
13.0
NO allowed
7.0
3.5
10.5
8.5
1.5
10.0
NO scoring against the LV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NO scored
0.0
3.0
3.0
8.5
12.5
21.0
LV allowed
0.0
6.5
6.5
7.0
0.0
7.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NO +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
LV7d
NO7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 122fast
Travel
LV 1,510 mi
2 time zones