Sun, Oct 1, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Carolina Panthers
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
MIN 29–25 CAR
✓ MIN (65%) won
Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
Close—
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close—
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
Minnesota Vikings 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-3 0% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — | |
| 0-3 0% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — |
Recent meetings
The series
MIN 9–6 CAR
MIN leads · 15 games since 2000 · MIN has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MIN−0.3 →−3.4▼ 3.1#24
CAR−2.1 →−6.9▼ 4.8#31
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#11
Offense
◀ MIN better#25
#24
Defense
Even#23
−2.3 #31
Turnovers
CAR better ▶−0.7 #22
65 plays #18
Pace
CAR faster ▶68 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| MIN off | CAR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 23.0 #15 | 27.0 #25 | MIN |
| Yards / play | 6.21 #2 | 5.11 #14 | MIN |
| EPA / play | −0.02 #15 | +0.06 #25 | MIN |
| Success rate | 44% #12 | 48% #29 | MIN |
| CAR off | MIN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.0 #23 | 27.3 #26 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.42 #27 | 5.54 #25 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.12 #22 | +0.08 #26 | Even |
| Success rate | 40% #26 | 45% #20 | MIN |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
MIN scoring against the CAR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.0 #30 | 9.0 #10 | 9.0 #19 | 4.7 #13 | 9.3 #5 | 14.0 #5 | |
2.0 #4 | 6.3 #12 | 8.3 #9 | 6.7 #26 | 12.0 #30 | 18.7 #31 |
CAR scoring against the MIN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.0 #23 | 5.7 #20 | 7.7 #25 | 2.0 #28 | 8.3 #10 | 10.3 #20 | |
4.3 #19 | 8.0 #19 | 12.3 #23 | 9.3 #30 | 5.7 #13 | 15.0 #27 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 8 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MIN7d
CAR7d
Even
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 128fast
Schedules, links & other games
Previous and next games, standings, ESPN, and the rest of the week

