2021 · Week 13 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Jimmy Garoppolo

23·30

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 41°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

SF -3

Total

44.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

7.1%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.085EPA / play+0.042
  • 45.5%Success rate43.8%
  • +0.174EPA / dropback+0.053
  • -0.024EPA / rush+0.026
  • 10.9%Explosive rate10.1%
  • +1.73CPOE+4.08
  • 40.6%Third-down rate37.3%
  • 74.8%Red-zone TD rate69.7%
  • 2.30Points / drive2.12
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.3%

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

SEA lead 31–20 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.2 points. SEA are 29-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsSF @ SEA641SEA
2025 · W18SEA @ SF133SEA
2025 · W1SF @ SEA1713SF
2024 · W11SEA @ SF2017SEA
2024 · W6SF @ SEA3624SF
2023 · W14SEA @ SF1628SF
2023 · W12SF @ SEA3113SF
2022 · playoffsSEA @ SF2341SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jimmy Garoppolo20/3029922

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Elijah Mitchell22663.01
George Kittle155.00
Jimmy Garoppolo200.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
George Kittle9121812
Brandon Aiyuk36550
Elijah Mitchell33180
Trent Sherfield25160
Jauan Jennings1180

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson30/3723121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Travis Homer38026.71
Rashaad Penny10353.50
Adrian Peterson11161.51
Russell Wilson3155.00

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 -34.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

7.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.4%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.02
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+1.61