2025 · Week 5 · Division

Final / OT

49ers

San Francisco

QB Mac Jones

26·23

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Matthew Stafford

SoFi Stadium · dome · matrixturf

Closing spread

LA -8.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+4.0est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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 mapRams
  • +0.091EPA / play+0.149
  • 48.5%Success rate52.2%
  • +0.175EPA / dropback+0.235
  • -0.033EPA / rush+0.021
  • 8.2%Explosive rate11.3%
  • +5.72CPOE+1.65
  • 50.4%Third-down rate40.0%
  • 65.6%Red-zone TD rate68.9%
  • 2.48Points / drive2.67
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.4%

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

SF lead 31–24–1 since 1999

Meetings average 43.4 points. LA are 23-31-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1SF @ LA277SF
2025 · W10LA @ SF4226RAMS
2024 · W15LA @ SF126RAMS
2024 · W3SF @ LA2427RAMS
2023 · W18LA @ SF2120RAMS
2023 · W2SF @ LA3023SF
2022 · W8SF @ LA3114SF
2022 · W4LA @ SF924SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mac Jones33/4934220

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey22572.60
Brian Robinson5122.40
Mac Jones451.30
Skyy Moore111.00

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford30/4738930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kyren Williams14654.60
Blake Corum11313.00
Matthew Stafford100.00

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 +8.56.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

1.26%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.8%

Expected total

46.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.94
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.36
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.00