Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 2 · at San Francisco 49ers
Weather at kickoff67°F7 mphDryWeather watch ›
0-1 · Power #31
13
final
Final
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1-0 · Power #3
35
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward San Francisco 49ers
Total
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
Opened 46.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 2 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2025 · Week 4 · loose · similar total & situation
-10.534–10 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.
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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
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

MIA
Longer bar = better
SF
#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
When MIA has the ball
Advantage: SF defense
MIA offSF defEdge
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
When SF has the ball
Even matchup
SF offMIA defEdge
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
SF +1.8
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