2018 · Week 12

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

17·34

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 60°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

BAL -13

Total

42

Model margin

+1.3est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

1.5%est.

Availability

The injury report

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

Raiders

Ravens

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsRaiders 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. BAL are 6-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2LV @ BAL26–23RAIDERS
2021 · W1BAL @ LV27–33RAIDERS
2017 · W5BAL @ OAK30–17BAL
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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–BAL
LVQ1 15:001281Touchdown7–0
BALQ1 8:45845Field goal7–3
LVQ1 4:2830Punt7–3
BALQ1 4:02626Punt7–3
LVQ1 0:43713Opp touchdown7–10
LVQ2 12:45512Punt7–10
BALQ2 10:16582Field goal7–13
LVQ2 7:11416Punt7–13
BALQ2 5:4730Turnover7–13
LVQ2 5:31735Field goal10–13
BALQ2 2:34747Turnover10–13
LVQ2 1:0010End of half10–13
BALQ3 15:001377Touchdown10–20
LVQ3 8:10675Touchdown17–20
BALQ3 5:091771Touchdown17–27
LVQ4 11:1635Punt17–27
BALQ4 10:2648Punt17–27
LVQ4 8:15518Opp touchdown17–34
LVQ4 5:553-4Punt17–34
BALQ4 3:47562End of half17–34

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson14/2517812

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Gus Edwards231185.10
Lamar Jackson11716.51
Ty Montgomery8516.40
Javorius Allen122.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Mark Andrews11740
John Brown17250
Hayden Hurst34250
Michael Crabtree36211
Nick Boyle22190
Ty Montgomery33130
Chris Moore1110

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 +137.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

1.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.89
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.35
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.28

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.