2018 · Week 4

Final / OT

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

42·45

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 71°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

OAK -2.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsBrowns 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

OAK lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 38.6 points. OAK are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12CLE @ LV2410CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV1620RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE1614RAIDERS
2020 · W8LV @ CLE166RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE2720RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE1323CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK2017CLE
2011 · W6CLE @ OAK1724RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield21/4129522

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Nick Chubb310535.02
Carlos Hyde22823.71
Duke Johnson2115.50
Baker Mayfield4102.50

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 +2.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

7.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.4%

Expected total

45.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.11
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.61

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.