2018 · Week 5

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Kirk Cousins

23·21

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 79°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

48

Model margin

+1.7est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapEagles
  • -0.075EPA / play+0.037
  • 43.2%Success rate46.2%
  • -0.011EPA / dropback+0.110
  • -0.203EPA / rush-0.097
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.9%
  • +2.40CPOE+5.11
  • 36.2%Third-down rate40.4%
  • 67.3%Red-zone TD rate62.6%
  • 1.57Points / drive2.01
  • 1.9%Turnover rate2.1%

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

PHI lead 10–4 since 1999

PHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 47.5 points. PHI are 9-4-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W7PHI @ MIN2822PHI
2023 · W2MIN @ PHI2834PHI
2022 · W2MIN @ PHI724PHI
2019 · W6PHI @ MIN2038MIN
2017 · playoffsMIN @ PHI738PHI
2016 · W7MIN @ PHI1021PHI
2013 · W15PHI @ MIN3048MIN
2010 · W16MIN @ PHI2414MIN

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins30/3730110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Latavius Murray11423.80
Stefon Diggs22512.50
Roc Thomas482.00
Kirk Cousins510.20
Mike Boone111.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz24/3531120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jay Ajayi8293.60
Wendell Smallwood3279.00
Carson Wentz5265.20
Josh Adams1-1-1.00

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 +3.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

2.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.6%

Expected total

42.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.17
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.67