2025 · Week 9

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

28·6

Dolphins

Miami

QB Tua Tagovailoa

Hard Rock Stadium · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

BAL -7.5

Total

51.5

Model margin

-0.5est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ravensedge mapDolphins
  • +0.037EPA / play-0.021
  • 44.6%Success rate42.1%
  • +0.036EPA / dropback-0.016
  • +0.038EPA / rush-0.028
  • 10.4%Explosive rate10.1%
  • +2.86CPOE+1.82
  • 41.4%Third-down rate34.1%
  • 57.3%Red-zone TD rate63.6%
  • 2.30Points / drive1.92
  • 2.2%Turnover rate2.4%

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

BAL lead 12–7 since 1999

BAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 41.6 points. MIA are 6-13 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W17MIA @ BAL1956BAL
2022 · W2MIA @ BAL4238MIA
2021 · W10BAL @ MIA1022MIA
2019 · W1BAL @ MIA5910BAL
2017 · W8MIA @ BAL040BAL
2016 · W13MIA @ BAL638BAL
2015 · W13BAL @ MIA1315MIA
2014 · W14BAL @ MIA2813BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson18/2320440

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry191196.30
Lamar Jackson5142.80
Keaton Mitchell4112.80
Mark Andrews242.00
Justice Hill122.00

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tua Tagovailoa25/4026101

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
De'Von Achane14674.80
Malik Washington3134.30
Ollie Gordon II263.00
Tua Tagovailoa111.00

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 -7.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

4.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.6%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.25
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.54