Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 2 · at San Francisco 49ers
Closing spread
SF -12.5
✓ SF W
Total
44.5
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
MIA 16–28 SF
✓ SF (86%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSF -10.5
CloseSF -12.5
Total46.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenSF -10.5
2 → SF
CloseSF -12.5
2 pts toward San Francisco 49ers
Total
Open46.5
▼ 2
Close44.5
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SF -10.5 · closed SF -12.5 · moved 2 toward SFmodel SF -8
model SF -8
Opened 46.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 2 downmodel 44
model 44
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 10.5–14.5 since 2023: won 88%, covered 54% (50 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 47% (72 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSF -10.5
CloseSF -12.5
Total46.5 → 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 1 games most like
SF as a 12.5-point home favorite against MIA, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.
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This game: SF won 35–13; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 48 points went over 44.5, as in 0 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 89%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 53%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 53%
Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 24 against an average line of 10.5; 44 points a game (usually 45.6). When games like this go over ›
All 1 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2025 · Week 4 · loose · similar total & situation |
-10.5 | 34–10 | W | U44.5 |
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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
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.
Market moved toward San Francisco 49ers
2 pts (SF -10.5 → SF -12.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved down 2
46.5 → 44.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Miami Dolphins on a cross-country trip
Miami Dolphins cross 3 time zones (2,555 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
Miami Dolphins has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 245 earlier overs in games with totals 41.5–47.5, 23% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 4-5 44% | 3-7 30% | |
| 8-2 80% | 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
MIA 5–4 SF
MIA leads · 9 games since 2001 · SF has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22 2024 | San Francisco 49ers 17 @ Miami Dolphins 29 | SF -1.5 | MIA W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MIA−1.7 →−2.4▼ 0.7#29
SF+0.9 →+2.4▲ 1.5#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1
Longer bar = better
#26
Offense
SF better ▶#9
#13
Defense
SF better ▶#8
0.0 #17
Turnovers
SF better ▶+1.0 #10
50 plays #28
Pace
SF faster ▶64 plays #13
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| MIA off | SF def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 13.0 #26 | 7.0 #1 | SF |
| Yards / play | 5.18 #21 | 5.09 #12 | SF |
| EPA / play | −0.24 #26 | −0.26 #4 | SF |
| Success rate | 34% #31 | 43% #16 | SF |
| SF off | MIA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 27.0 #14 | 27.0 #19 | SF |
| Yards / play | 5.92 #9 | 4.33 #7 | Even |
| EPA / play | +0.18 #8 | −0.04 #13 | SF |
| Success rate | 56% #3 | 42% #14 | SF |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 7 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MIA7d
SF10d
SF +3 days
Tempo
Slow 114 plays
slowavg 122fast
Travel
MIA 2,555 mi
3 time zones
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