2017 · Week 5

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

30·17

Raiders

Oakland

QB EJ Manuel

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 72°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

OAK -3

Total

40.5

Model margin

+0.5est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Ravens

Raiders

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

BAL lead 7–5 since 1999

RAIDERS have won 2 straight. Meetings average 47.1 points. OAK are 6-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2LV @ BAL26–23RAIDERS
2021 · W1BAL @ LV27–33RAIDERS
2018 · W12OAK @ BAL17–34BAL
2016 · W4OAK @ BAL28–27RAIDERS
2015 · W2BAL @ OAK33–37RAIDERS
2012 · W10OAK @ BAL20–55BAL
2009 · W17BAL @ OAK21–13BAL
2008 · W8OAK @ BAL10–29BAL

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultBAL–OAK
BALQ1 15:00575Touchdown7–0
LVQ1 12:45313Opp touchdown14–0
LVQ1 11:101161Field goal14–3
BALQ1 5:071575Touchdown21–3
LVQ2 11:57675Touchdown21–10
BALQ2 9:11866Field goal24–10
LVQ2 5:1843Punt24–10
BALQ2 2:37625Punt24–10
LVQ2 0:2812End of half24–10
LVQ3 15:003-1Punt24–10
BALQ3 14:0230Punt24–10
LVQ3 11:533-4Punt24–10
BALQ3 9:3632Punt24–10
LVQ3 8:281265Touchdown24–17
BALQ3 3:461172Field goal27–17
LVQ4 13:10831Punt27–17
BALQ4 8:501254Field goal30–17
LVQ4 2:2450Turnover on downs30–17
BALQ4 1:5700End of half30–17

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco19/2622200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Javorius Allen21733.51
Alex Collins12554.60
Terrance West2178.50
Vince Mayle122.01
Joe Flacco3-4-1.30

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 +32.6%4.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

7.41%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.5%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.20
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.54

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.