Saturday, July 4th 2009

PreGame: Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers at Cardinals

2008 Week 21

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3.3 Matchup Stats:       Points Advantage on Key Independant and Dependant Stats

Charts show points advantage on key stats from each stat category. Team with advantage is pictured with a bar in Advantage column: the bigger the chart, the stronger the team's advantage. Far right column shows Points Advantage on each of our 7 stat matchups.

Steelers on Offense

Offense/Defense	Independant	Offense	Defense	Advantage		Points
Matchup	Variable Name	PIT	ARI	Steelers	Cardinals	Advantage
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Yards per Pass Att - I	6.13	6.44			0.8   PIT
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Passes Had Intercpted - I	0.84	1.1			0.5   ARI
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Yards per Touchdown - P	144.86	135.95			0.7   ARI
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Total Rushing Plays - I	29.26	26.4			1.2   ARI
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Fum Lost This Year - I	0.58	1.05			1.5   ARI
PIT Off vs ARI Def	QB Sacks - I	2.95	2			2.3   ARI

With Steelers on offense and Cardinals on defense the most important independant stat
is QB Sacks where Cardinals have an advantage of 2.3 points.

Offense/Defense	Dependant	Offense	Defense	Advantage		Points
Matchup	Variable Name	PIT	ARI	Steelers	Cardinals	Advantage
PIT Off vs ARI Def	Total Points Scored - D	22.74	25.75			4.2   PIT

Steelers on Defense

Defense/Offense	Independant	Defense	Offense	Advantage		Points
Matchup	Variable Name	PIT	ARI	Steelers	Cardinals	Advantage
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Total Rushing Plays - I	23.05	22.6			8.4   PIT
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Passes Had Intercpted - I	1.32	0.9			1.9   PIT
PIT Def vs ARI Off	QB Sacks - I	3.16	1.65			1.8   PIT
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Yards per Pass Att - I	4.64	7.42			1.2   PIT
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Fum Lost This Year - I	0.63	0.85			0.9   PIT
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Yards per Touchdown - P	137.73	142.16			0.7   PIT

With Steelers on defense and Cardinals on offense the most important stat
is Total Rushing Plays where Steelers have an advantage of 8.4 points.

Offense/Defense	Dependant	Defense	Offense	Advantage		Points
Matchup	Variable Name	PIT	ARI	Steelers	Cardinals	Advantage
PIT Def vs ARI Off	Total Points Scored - D	14.95	27.25			2.1   PIT