2013 · Week 13

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Carson Palmer

21·24

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Nick Foles

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 46°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

48

Model margin

+4.6est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Cardinals

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsCardinals wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Cardinalsedge mapEagles
  • -0.020EPA / play+0.100
  • 41.6%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.035EPA / dropback+0.181
  • -0.109EPA / rush-0.009
  • 8.5%Explosive rate13.5%
  • +3.74CPOE+2.43
  • 35.3%Third-down rate39.3%
  • 59.3%Red-zone TD rate56.7%
  • 1.71Points / drive1.91
  • 2.9%Turnover rate1.7%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

ARI lead 11–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.9 points. PHI are 8-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W17ARI @ PHI3531ARI
2022 · W5PHI @ ARI2017PHI
2020 · W15PHI @ ARI2633ARI
2017 · W5ARI @ PHI734PHI
2015 · W15ARI @ PHI4017ARI
2014 · W8PHI @ ARI2024ARI
2012 · W3PHI @ ARI627ARI
2011 · W10ARI @ PHI2117ARI

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Palmer24/4130232

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rashard Mendenhall18764.20
Stepfan Taylor3155.00
Carson Palmer1-1-1.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Foles21/3423730

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy19794.20
Nick Foles9222.40
Bryce Brown540.80
Brad Smith100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Zach Ertz56682
Riley Cooper36480
DeSean Jackson36360
LeSean McCoy56360
Brent Celek46291
Jason Avant14200

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +3.53.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.3%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.53
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+4.58