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NFL Week 13 · Matchup Intelligence

HOU at PIT

Sunday, December 6 at 8:20 PM EST

Projected score

HOU 22 · PIT 22

Win probability

PIT 47.9%

HOU 52.1%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

HOU · Elo 1533

Offense EPA/play -0.042 · Defense EPA/play -0.046

Offense success 44.1% · Defense success 40.6%

PIT · Elo 1549

Offense EPA/play -0.099 · Defense EPA/play -0.059

Offense success 43.8% · Defense success 44.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward PIT; negative values lean toward HOU.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

HOU · -0.043

Pressure matchup

PIT · 0.001

Explosive-play matchup

HOU · -0.012

Third-down matchup

HOU · -0.040

Red-zone matchup

HOU · -0.307

QB intelligence

HOU · -0.195

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

HOU · C.Stroud

199 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.089 · CPOE 2.5

PIT · A.Rodgers

199 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.071 · CPOE -2.5

Prediction range

HOU: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–35

PIT: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

Recent form

IND 22 · PIT 34

HOU 26 · TEN 3

DAL 34 · HOU 30

PIT 24 · CLE 27

HOU 17 · IND 19

CIN 27 · PIT 30

CIN 20 · HOU 6

PIT 3 · NE 20

ATL 13 · PIT 20

BUF 36 · HOU 31

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Oct 16, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT