Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Washington Commanders · Division game
Weather at kickoff78°F8 mphgusts 18DryWeather watch ›
0-1 · Power #31
18
final
Final
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0-1 · Power #10
21
▲ winner
Closing spread
WSH -1.5
✓ WSH W
Total
42.5
▼ Under · 39 pts
Model before kickoff
NYG 22–24 WSH
✓ WSH (55%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSH -3
CloseWSH -1.5
Total42.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward New York Giants
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WSH -3 · closed WSH -1.5 · moved 1.5 toward NYGmodel WSH -0.5
Opened 42.5 · unchangedmodel 46
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–3.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 58% (75 games)ⓘ
Moved off 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWSH -3
CloseWSH -1.5
Total42.5
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 WSH as a 1.5-point home favorite against NYG, the favorite won 0, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: WSH won 21–18; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 39 points stayed under 42.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 42%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: underdog by 3 against an average line of 2.5; 31 points a game (usually 43.1). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
NYG vs ATL
2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & team ratings
-2.514–17 L U47
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 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 New York Giants 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.

Market moved toward New York Giants
1.5 pts (WSH -3 → WSH -1.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Small sample warning
New York Giants 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
NYG−2.2 →−3.4▼ 1.2#30
WSH−3.1 →−3.7▼ 0.6#31
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

NYG
Longer bar = better
WSH
#30
Offense
WSH better ▶
#12
#26
Defense
◀ NYG better
#31
0.0 #20
Turnovers
WSH better ▶
0.0 #16
68 plays #9
Pace
◀ NYG faster
56 plays #21
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NYG has the ball
Even matchup
NYG offWSH defEdge
Points / game 6.0 #32 37.0 #31 Even
Yards / play 3.53 #28 6.43 #29 Even
EPA / play −0.36 #31 +0.27 #32 Even
Success rate 31% #29 53% #30 Even
When WSH has the ball
Advantage: WSH offense
WSH offNYG defEdge
Points / game 20.0 #17 28.0 #24 WSH
Yards / play 5.34 #17 6.12 #27 WSH
EPA / play +0.12 #8 +0.16 #27 WSH
Success rate 48% #5 48% #27 WSH

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WSH +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 8 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NYG7d
WSH7d
Even
Tempo
Average 124 plays
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