Bengals vs. Colts Showdown: Essential Stats and Insights for a Winning Prediction

Game Info: August 22, 2024 8:00PM ET @ Paul Brown Stadium

Since both teams have exhibited moments of excellence as well as potential weaknesses, we shall explore some important statistics, past performances and other significant elements which can tilt the odds in favor of any one of them.

Betting Odds and Info:

These are the latest odds as of writing:

Moneyline: Colts -250, Bengals +200

Spread: Colts -5.5, Bengals +5.5

Over/Under: 35.5

Team Recent Performance

Cincinnati Bengals

They have recently experienced several ups and downs. On August 18th, they were defeated by the Chicago Bears 3–27, but they were unable to cover the +7 spread or reach 36 points. Just a week before, they lost narrowly to Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14-17 missing the -5 spread but still settling for an under of 38.5 points in total. However, in January, they showed some strong performance when they beat Cleveland Browns by 31-14 which meant that they went above the -7.5 spread and scored above the total line of 37.5 points as well. But again there was that loss against Kansas City Chiefs on January 1st where it ended 17-25; Pittsburgh Steelers also defeated them with an 11-34 margin on December 24th hence failing to meet any of their spreads in both games.

Indianapolis Colts

The Colts attempt to win in many different games. They won a game against the Cardinals who were in Arizona on 18th August with a score of 21-13,which meant they covered the (+1.5) spread and played under the total points that was (35). However, on 12th August they lost another match against Denver Broncos whose margin was 30 against 34 making this be out of reach concerning (38.5). Earlier in January, they were beaten by Texans 19-23 which meant that it failed to cover +1.5 points but played below 47.5 point level before the start of January 1 when Colts came face to face with Raiders recording an impressive result being ahead by three victories at one point in time including one lost so far below while playing over 42 point limit altogether in December at the same time they lost to falcons at home by 10 points against 29.

Team Head-to-Head Matchup

The records of both the Colts and Bengals are equal at 5-5 in their direct clashes. The Colts, on one hand, have a 4-6 against the spread record while the Bengals have a 6-4 one. There is also a 6-4 over under record for both teams. On an average, Colts score 24.7 points in each game which is slightly higher than that scored by Bengals who on average manage to score only 21.8 points. In terms of rushing yards too, Bengals edge out Colts with a little margin as these two teams recorded averages of 91.3 yards against 87 by the visitors respectively. At an average it can be noted that the visitors attempted more passes per match at 40.9 with their completion rate being 67.24 % while that of the home team amounted to 33.5 attempts per match with its completion rate going up to 65.67%. The passing yards are led by the visiting team since they have an average of 278.3 against 224.6 owned by the home side. Overall total yards per game measure shows that Colts with high scores average about 365.3 thereby beating Bengals’ 315.9 values in this category . Besides this point when it comes down to how many times each performed turnovers per match, there is no significant difference between these two sides having average turnover rates of 1.4 from Indianapolitans compared to 1.6 Cincinnatians respectively.

Team Injuries

Cincinnati Bengals

There are no reports of injuries as of writing.

Indianapolis Colts

Colts safety Daniel Scott is out due to an Achilles injury.

SPORTBOOK.AG’s Prediction

The Indianapolis Colts have a slight edge due to better offensive statistics; they would be able to take advantage of higher passing average and total yard average. This game will go down as a victory for the Indianapolis Colts.

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