Sun, Sep 22, 2024, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at New Orleans Saints
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1-1 · Power #2
15
▲ winner
Final
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2-0 · Power #25
12
final
Closing spread
NO -2.5
✓ PHI W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 27 pts
Model before kickoff
PHI 25–27 NO
✗ NO (59%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -2.5
CloseNO -2.5
Total48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward New Orleans Saints
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened PHI -2.5 · closed NO -2.5 · moved 5 toward NOmodel NO -4
Opened 48.5 · unchangedmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 57% (76 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -2.5
CloseNO -2.5
Total48.5
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 NO as a 2.5-point home favorite against PHI, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: PHI won 15–12 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 1 similar games. 27 points stayed under 48.5, as in 0 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 58%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 44%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 1 against an average line of 4; 67 points a game (usually 43.7). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
ARI vs MIN
2021 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-434–33 L O50.5
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 Orleans Saints 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 Orleans Saints
5 pts (PHI -2.5 → NO -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Small sample warning
Philadelphia Eagles have 2 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
PHI−0.1 →−0.2▼ 0.1#18
NO+0.5 →+3.3▲ 2.8#2
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

PHI
Longer bar = better
NO
#9
Offense
NO better ▶
#1
#28
Defense
NO better ▶
#3
−1.5 #31
Turnovers
NO better ▶
+1.5 #3
71 plays #2
Pace
◀ PHI faster
59 plays #22
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PHI has the ball
Advantage: NO defense
PHI offNO defEdge
Points / game 27.5 #5 14.5 #4 Even
Yards / play 5.46 #16 4.51 #4 NO
EPA / play +0.09 #7 −0.32 #2 NO
Success rate 47% #8 34% #2 NO
When NO has the ball
Advantage: NO offense
NO offPHI defEdge
Points / game 45.5 #1 25.5 #27 NO
Yards / play 6.87 #1 6.89 #31 NO
EPA / play +0.32 #1 +0.17 #30 NO
Success rate 52% #1 45% #22 NO

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 2 teams
PHI scoring against the NO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PHI scored
0.0
12.0
12.0
8.5
7.0
15.5
NO allowed
1.5
8.0
9.5
5.0
0.0
5.0
NO scoring against the PHI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NO scored
15.5
17.0
32.5
6.5
6.5
13.0
PHI allowed
3.0
9.5
12.5
8.0
5.0
13.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NO +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
PHI6d
NO7d
NO +1 day
Tempo
Fast 130 plays
slowavg 121fast