Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 4:30 PM ESTWeek 16 · at Baltimore Ravens · Division game
Weather at kickoff31°F11 mphgusts 25DryWindy Over 46% of 93 games since 2023Weather watch ›
10-4 · Power #12
17
final
Final
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9-5 · Power #1
34
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Baltimore Ravens
Total
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
Opened 46.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.527–13 W U43.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & rest
-7.530–23 L O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar total & rest
-6.519–13 L U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.523–24 L U48.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar season form & situation
-8.530–24 L O45.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-8.541–10 W O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & season form
-7.516–14 L U41.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-9.534–10 W O41.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & spread
-6.517–20 L U48.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-6.534–13 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%)
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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
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

PIT
Longer bar = better
BAL
#18
Offense
BAL better ▶
#2
#9
Defense
◀ PIT better
#14
+1.3 #1
Turnovers
◀ PIT better
+0.1 #15
64 plays #10
Pace
◀ PIT faster
62 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PIT has the ball
Even matchup
PIT offBAL defEdge
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
When BAL has the ball
Advantage: BAL offense
BAL offPIT defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PIT scored
3.4
#22
6.9
#16
10.4
#19
6.4
#6
7.2
#9
13.6
#7
BAL allowed
3.3
#7
6.6
#15
9.9
#9
4.4
#9
9.5
#31
13.9
#26
BAL scoring against the PIT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BAL scored
4.6
#15
10.0
#2
14.6
#5
6.9
#4
8.2
#5
15.1
#3
PIT allowed
5.9
#28
5.1
#6
10.9
#13
1.4
#1
6.6
#20
8.0
#2

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BAL +1.8
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