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Exchange buyers before kickoff: which side buyers took (Kalshi, Polymarket (international), Novig, ProphetX)
These are exchange trades, not sportsbook bets. On an exchange every trade has a buyer and a seller, so this shows which side buyers paid for.
How to read these numbers
Kalshi, Polymarket (international) and Novig publish every trade with the side the buyer took. ProphetX carries its trade fills the same way; a line with no captured fill shows dollars matched only. Trades is each side's share of the trades we read since we began reading the market and Money is its share of the dollars buyers paid. Markets with fewer than 10 trades or under $500 traded are left out; markets under 30 trades or $5,000 are labelled Light trading, because a few buyers can move the percentages a long way.
Kalshi
Moneyline$182k traded · 6.5k trades
Philadelphia EaglesBaltimore Ravens
Trades
Money
Spread$71k traded · 862 trades
Philadelphia Eagles -3.5Baltimore Ravens +3.5
Trades
Money
Total 36.5$47k traded · 593 trades
Over 36.5Under 36.5
Trades
Money
Polymarket (international)
Polymarket (international) is not open to US bettors.
Moneyline$13k traded · 140 trades
Philadelphia EaglesBaltimore Ravens
Trades
Money
Total 36.5$5.1k traded · 21 trades
Over 36.5Under 36.5
Trades
Money
Light trading: $5.1k so far, percentages can swingLast read before kickoff .
Baltimore Ravens win price on Kalshi and Polymarket (international) as kickoff neared
Baltimore Ravens to win, from 168 hours before the start to the start: Polymarket (international) 46% to 39%; Kalshi 45% to 40%. These are exchange prices, read as the chance the market gave Baltimore Ravens, not sportsbook odds. Polymarket (international) is not open to US bettors.
Polymarket (international)KalshiScale 30% to 50%
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The Matchup
Both clubs enter without a result on the books. The Eagles sit fourth of four in the NFC East and the Ravens sit fourth of four in the AFC North, which is simply where 0-0 teams land before anything has been decided. That means the analysis has to come from roster availability, not from records or momentum, because neither exists yet.
Players to Watch
Watch the names on the injury report, because they shape the game. For Baltimore, Teddye Buchanan, Travis Jones, and John Jenkins are all listed as Out. That is three defenders unavailable, and it thins the group tasked with slowing Philadelphia's offense. For the Eagles, Jonathan Greenard is Out, while Makai Lemon and Keyshawn James-Newby are Questionable, meaning they might play and might not. If either Questionable Eagle suits up, Philadelphia's availability edge grows.
The Numbers
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Injuries
Baltimore: Teddye Buchanan (Out), Travis Jones (Out), John Jenkins (Out). Philadelphia: Jonathan Greenard (Out), Makai Lemon (Questionable), Keyshawn James-Newby (Questionable). The raw count favors the Eagles. Three definite absences for the Ravens against one definite absence for Philadelphia is a meaningful availability gap, and it lands on Baltimore's defensive side of the roster.
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Injury Report
BALTeddye Buchanan (Out), Travis Jones (Out), John Jenkins (Out)
PHIMakai Lemon (Questionable), Jonathan Greenard (Out), Keyshawn James-Newby (Questionable)
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