Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 4:30 PM ESTWeek 16 · at Baltimore Ravens · Division game
Closing spread
BAL -7.5
✓ BAL W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
PIT 19–27 BAL
✓ BAL (75%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -7.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBAL -6.5
1 → BAL
CloseBAL -7.5
1 pt toward Baltimore Ravens
Total
Open46.5
▼ 1
Close45.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -6.5 · closed BAL -7.5 · moved 1 toward BALmodel BAL -7.5 matches the line
model BAL -7.5 = line ✓
Opened 46.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46.5
model 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 47% (64 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (48 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -7.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
BAL as a 7.5-point home favorite against PIT, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: BAL won 34–17; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 45.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 52%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 10.7 against an average line of 7.4; 43.5 points a game (usually 46.3). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-5.5 | 27–13 | W | U43.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest |
-7.5 | 30–23 | L | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar total & rest |
-6.5 | 19–13 | L | U45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation |
-7.5 | 23–24 | L | U48.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & situation |
-8.5 | 30–24 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form |
-8.5 | 41–10 | W | O46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & season form |
-7.5 | 16–14 | L | U41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation |
-9.5 | 34–10 | W | O41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & spread |
-6.5 | 17–20 | L | U48.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 34–13 | W | O46.5 |
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
Mixed signals 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.
Pittsburgh Steelers 5-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 81-81 (50%)
Market moved toward Baltimore Ravens
1 pt (BAL -6.5 → BAL -7.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 118 earlier overs in games with totals 42.5–48.5, 20% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% | |
| 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | 8-2 80% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
PIT 33–26 BAL
PIT leads · 59 games since 1999 · PIT has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17 2024 | Baltimore Ravens 16 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 18 | BAL -3.5 | PIT W |
| Jan 6 2023 | Pittsburgh Steelers 17 @ Baltimore Ravens 10 | PIT -3 | PIT W |
| Oct 8 2023 | Baltimore Ravens 10 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 | — | — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
PIT−0.4 →+2.2▲ 2.6#10
BAL+3.1 →+5.5▲ 2.4#1
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW15
Longer bar = better
#18
Offense
BAL better ▶#2
#9
Defense
◀ PIT better#14
+1.3 #1
Turnovers
◀ PIT better+0.1 #15
64 plays #10
Pace
◀ PIT faster62 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| PIT off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 24.0 #11 | 23.7 #22 | PIT |
| Yards / play | 5.12 #20 | 5.32 #13 | BAL |
| EPA / play | −0.01 #17 | 0.00 #15 | Even |
| Success rate | 41% #23 | 41% #6 | BAL |
| BAL off | PIT def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.9 #3 | 18.9 #6 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.86 #1 | 5.26 #10 | BAL |
| EPA / play | +0.22 #2 | −0.05 #7 | BAL |
| Success rate | 50% #1 | 43% #13 | BAL |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
PIT scoring against the BAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.4 #22 | 6.9 #16 | 10.4 #19 | 6.4 #6 | 7.2 #9 | 13.6 #7 | |
3.3 #7 | 6.6 #15 | 9.9 #9 | 4.4 #9 | 9.5 #31 | 13.9 #26 |
BAL scoring against the PIT defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.6 #15 | 10.0 #2 | 14.6 #5 | 6.9 #4 | 8.2 #5 | 15.1 #3 | |
5.9 #28 | 5.1 #6 | 10.9 #13 | 1.4 #1 | 6.6 #20 | 8.0 #2 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
31° · 11 mph
gusts 25 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
PIT6d
BAL6d
Even
Tempo
Average 125 plays
slowavg 124fast
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