Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 4:05 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Las Vegas Raiders
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3-2 · Power #12
32
▲ winner
Final
@
2-3 · Power #27
13
final
Closing spread
PIT -3.5
✓ PIT W
Total
36.5
▲ Over · 45 pts
Model before kickoff
PIT 23–19 LV
✓ PIT (63%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPIT -2.5
ClosePIT -3.5
Total36.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Pittsburgh Steelers
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened PIT -2.5 · closed PIT -3.5 · moved 1 toward PITmodel PIT -4
Opened 36.5 · unchangedmodel 42.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 54% (53 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPIT -2.5
ClosePIT -3.5
Total36.5
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 PIT as a 3.5-point road favorite at LV, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: PIT won 32–13; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 45 points went over 36.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 43%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 3.5 against an average line of 3.4; 35.7 points a game (usually 43.6). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.524–27 L O40.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.516–20 L U38.5
Loose
NO @ ATL
2021 · Week 18 · loose · similar rest & season form
-430–20 W O40
Loose
2023 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest & season form
-3.533–30 L O39.5
Loose
2023 · Week 18 · loose · similar rest & season form
-4.59–0 W U36.5
Loose
2023 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & season form
-36–30 L O33.5
Loose
WSH @ HOU
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-323–10 W U41
Loose
2023 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest & season form
-311–34 L O39
Loose
CAR @ NYG
2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & season form
-33–25 L U42.5
Loose
2023 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & season form
-4.56–0 W U38.5
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
Moderate Pittsburgh Steelers ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 117-99 (54%) 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 Pittsburgh Steelers
1 pt (PIT -2.5 → PIT -3.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Pittsburgh Steelers on a cross-country trip
Pittsburgh Steelers cross 3 time zones (1,918 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
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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 →+0.7▲ 1.1#11
LV−0.8 →−3.1▼ 2.3#30
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

PIT
Longer bar = better
LV
#22
Offense
◀ PIT better
#25
#7
Defense
◀ PIT better
#22
+0.8 #6
Turnovers
◀ PIT better
−1.4 #30
63 plays #16
Pace
◀ PIT faster
60 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PIT has the ball
Even matchup
PIT offLV defEdge
Points / game 18.4 #26 26.2 #28 Even
Yards / play 4.77 #25 5.52 #19 LV
EPA / play −0.02 #19 +0.02 #20 Even
Success rate 42% #16 44% #20 Even
When LV has the ball
Advantage: PIT defense
LV offPIT defEdge
Points / game 19.2 #23 14.6 #2 PIT
Yards / play 4.98 #21 5.14 #9 PIT
EPA / play −0.19 #29 −0.08 #8 PIT
Success rate 39% #26 41% #10 PIT

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
PIT scoring against the LV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PIT scored
2.6
#27
3.8
#28
6.4
#30
5.2
#12
6.8
#12
12.0
#10
LV allowed
4.6
#16
7.2
#21
11.8
#17
4.6
#13
9.8
#29
14.4
#28
LV scoring against the PIT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LV scored
4.8
#14
3.2
#29
8.0
#27
3.4
#22
7.8
#4
11.2
#14
PIT allowed
5.4
#21
3.2
#2
8.6
#7
0.0
#1
6.0
#19
6.0
#2

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LV +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
PIT7d
LV7d
Even
Tempo
Average 122 plays
slowavg 123fast
Travel
PIT 1,918 mi
3 time zones