Sun, Oct 1, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Carolina Panthers
Weather at kickoff78°F8 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
0-3 · Power #15
21
▲ winner
Final
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0-3 · Power #31
13
final
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
MIN 29–25 CAR
✓ MIN (65%) won
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 

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.
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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
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

MIN
Longer bar = better
CAR
#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
When MIN has the ball
Advantage: MIN offense
MIN offCAR defEdge
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
When CAR has the ball
Even matchup
CAR offMIN defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MIN scored
0.0
#30
9.0
#10
9.0
#19
4.7
#13
9.3
#5
14.0
#5
CAR allowed
2.0
#4
6.3
#12
8.3
#9
6.7
#26
12.0
#30
18.7
#31
CAR scoring against the MIN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CAR scored
2.0
#23
5.7
#20
7.7
#25
2.0
#28
8.3
#10
10.3
#20
MIN allowed
4.3
#19
8.0
#19
12.3
#23
9.3
#30
5.7
#13
15.0
#27

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CAR +1.8
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