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.

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 @ BAL2623RAIDERS
2021 · W1BAL @ LV2733RAIDERS
2017 · W5BAL @ OAK3017BAL
2016 · W4OAK @ BAL2827RAIDERS
2015 · W2BAL @ OAK3337RAIDERS
2012 · W10OAK @ BAL2055BAL
2009 · W17BAL @ OAK2113BAL
2008 · W8OAK @ BAL1029BAL

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.