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NFL Week 18 · Matchup Intelligence

SF at ARI

Sunday, January 10 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

SF 28 · ARI 22

Win probability

ARI 22.2%

SF 77.8%

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

ARI · Elo 1373

Offense EPA/play -0.003 · Defense EPA/play 0.020

Offense success 46.8% · Defense success 48.1%

SF · Elo 1596

Offense EPA/play 0.074 · Defense EPA/play -0.009

Offense success 51.6% · Defense success 48.6%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward ARI; negative values lean toward SF.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

SF · -0.178

Pressure matchup

SF · -0.063

Explosive-play matchup

SF · -0.034

Third-down matchup

SF · -0.056

Red-zone matchup

SF · -0.369

QB intelligence

SF · -0.477

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

ARI · J.Brissett

324 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.075 · CPOE -0.3

SF · B.Purdy

219 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.289 · CPOE 4.3

Prediction range

SF: median 28, 10th–90th percentile 16–40

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

Recent form

ARI 33 · DAL 30

DEN 30 · ARI 16

SF 20 · ATL 29

WAS 17 · SF 23

ARI 18 · LA 16

SF 32 · SEA 29

DET 45 · ARI 21

DEN 14 · SF 24

ARI 24 · NYG 36

ARI 30 · SF 36

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 Nov 5, 2026, 6:46 PM EST