Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Washington Commanders · Division game
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
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenWSH -3
1.5 → NYG
CloseWSH -1.5
1.5 pts toward New York Giants
Total
Open42.5
no move
Close42.5
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
model WSH -0.5
Opened 42.5 · unchangedmodel 46
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2021 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & team ratings |
-2.5 | 14–17 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 16 in the 4th quarter and got 12. 50% of games with totals 39.5–45.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | |
| 1-9 10% | 3-7 30% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
NYG 32–21 WSH (2 tied)
NYG leads · 55 games since 1999
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19 2023 | New York Giants 31 @ Washington Commanders 19 | WSH -7.5 | NYG W |
| Oct 22 2023 | Washington Commanders 7 @ New York Giants 14 | WSH -3.5 | NYG 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
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
Longer bar = better
#30
Offense
WSH better ▶#12
#26
Defense
◀ NYG better#31
0.0 #20
Turnovers
WSH better ▶0.0 #16
68 plays #9
Pace
◀ NYG faster56 plays #21
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| NYG off | WSH def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| WSH off | NYG def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 8 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NYG7d
WSH7d
Even
Tempo
Average 124 plays
slowavg 120fast
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