Sun, Sep 21, 2025, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Philadelphia Eagles
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2-0 · Power #2
26
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Final
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2-0 · Power #9
33
▲ winner
Closing spread
PHI -3.5
✓ PHI W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
LAR 21–24 PHI
✓ PHI (62%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -3.5
ClosePHI -3.5
Total45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened PHI -3.5 · unchangedmodel PHI -2
Opened 45.5 · unchangedmodel 44.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 53% (149 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -3.5
ClosePHI -3.5
Total45.5
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 PHI as a 3.5-point home favorite against LAR, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: PHI won 33–26; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 45.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 64%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 45%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.3 against an average line of 3.5; 50.9 points a game (usually 43.7). Of the 5 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar season form & rest
-4.542–29 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.526–13 W U43.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.524–22 L U47.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.517–37 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & season form
-4.526–18 W U49.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.530–21 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread
-317–40 L O45.5
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & season form
-2.510–31 L U49.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar season form & spread
-2.534–27 W O41.5
Close
2025 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.527–18 W U47.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Los Angeles Rams 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.

Los Angeles Rams on a cross-country trip
Los Angeles Rams cross 3 time zones (2,396 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
Los Angeles Rams 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
LAR+0.2 →+1.8▲ 1.6#8
PHI+3.2 →+2.9▼ 0.3#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

LAR
Longer bar = better
PHI
#8
Offense
◀ LAR better
#17
#2
Defense
◀ LAR better
#13
+0.5 #15
Turnovers
PHI better ▶
+1.0 #5
58 plays #21
Pace
Even
60 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LAR has the ball
Advantage: LAR offense
LAR offPHI defEdge
Points / game 23.5 #13 18.5 #12 Even
Yards / play 6.34 #3 5.32 #18 LAR
EPA / play +0.16 #7 −0.05 #8 Even
Success rate 46% #10 43% #15 LAR
When PHI has the ball
Advantage: LAR defense
PHI offLAR defEdge
Points / game 22.0 #16 14.0 #1 LAR
Yards / play 4.32 #30 4.27 #3 LAR
EPA / play +0.08 #13 −0.13 #3 LAR
Success rate 47% #8 38% #2 LAR

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 2 teams
LAR scoring against the PHI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LAR scored
3.5
5.0
8.5
8.5
6.5
15.0
PHI allowed
3.5
11.5
15.0
0.0
3.5
3.5
PHI scoring against the LAR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PHI scored
7.0
8.5
15.5
3.0
3.5
6.5
LAR allowed
1.5
9.5
11.0
1.5
1.5
3.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
PHI +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
73° · 5 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
LAR7d
PHI7d
Even
Tempo
Average 118 plays
slowavg 122fast
Travel
LAR 2,396 mi
3 time zones