2018 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

22·25

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 56°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

PHI -4.5

Total

49

Model margin

+3.0est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Giantsedge mapEagles
  • +0.016EPA / play+0.037
  • 39.9%Success rate46.2%
  • +0.054EPA / dropback+0.110
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.097
  • 9.5%Explosive rate8.9%
  • +0.30CPOE+5.11
  • 36.5%Third-down rate40.4%
  • 51.8%Red-zone TD rate62.6%
  • 1.89Points / drive2.01
  • 1.7%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 38–20 since 1999

Meetings average 43.1 points. PHI are 30-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8NYG @ PHI2038PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG1734NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI1320PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG283PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG1027NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI2533PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI738PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI1622PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning26/3729711

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley131017.81
Wayne Gallman5255.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz20/2823610

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Adams22843.81
Corey Clement5459.00
Carson Wentz2-2-1.00

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 +4.53.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

1.95%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.1%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.24
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.98