Two teams fighting for playoff spots meet on Monday Night Football as the 7-4 San Francisco 49ers host the 6-5 Carolina Panthers. Both teams have had success in the NFC, going a combined 11-4 in the conference. Both teams have also excelled in close games, with a combined record of 9-2. Unfortunately for the road team, the similarities end there.

The Panthers have a point differential of -42, while the 49ers are +9. Total schedule adjusted efficiency has the 49ers as the 12th-best team in the NFL, while the Panthers are 26th. All of this is with the Panthers playing the seventh-easiest schedule to date, while the Niners have played the third most difficult.

It’s an ideal home spot for Kyle Shanahan’s squad. He faces a team coming off a fluky win in which it trailed 21-10 at half before h

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