Slumping 49ers host Rams in NFC West showdown
LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-1) at SAN FRANCISCO (2-3)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
OPENING LINE - Rams by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Rams 3-2; 49ers 2-3
SERIES RECORD - 49ers lead 71-67-3
LAST MEETING - 49ers beat Rams 34-31 at home Dec. 21, 2019
LAST WEEK - Rams beat Washington 30-10; 49ers lost to Dolphins 43-17
AP PRO32 RANKING - Rams No. 7, 49ers No. 20
RAMS OFFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (7), PASS (13).
RAMS DEFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (10), PASS (2).
49ERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (9), PASS (20).
49ERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (5), RUSH (11), PASS (3).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - The 49ers swept the season series last year. ... The Rams are 4-0 against the NFC East this season and lost their only game against another division in a Week 3 loss at Buffalo. ... Los Angeles has scored an opening-drive TD in four of five games this season. QB Jared Goff is 20 for 21 for 250 yards and one TD on the first drive of games. ... Goff has thrown at least two TD passes in his past six road games. ... Los Angeles RB Darrell Henderson had 68 yards from scrimmage and a career-high two TDs last week. ... The Rams are tied for the NFL lead with 20 sacks after getting eight at Washington. ... Los Angeles DT Aaron Donald tied a career high with four sacks and also had a forced fumble last week. Donald is the fifth player since 2000 with multiple four-sack games. Donald has a sack in six straight games against San Francisco. ... The 49ers opened the season 0-3 at home for the fourth time since the merger. The only times they started 0-4 at home came in 2017 and 1974. ... The 43 points allowed last week were the most for the 49ers in a home game since a 45-10 loss to Atlanta in 2009. ... The Niners have allowed five sacks in back-to-back games for the first time since 2014. ... San Francisco has a league-low 38 catches and 480 yards receiving from WRs this season. ... The Niners averaged 3.20 yards per dropback last week, their fewest since getting 3.07 in coach Kyle Shanahan’s second game with the team in 2017. ... Jimmy Garoppolo was pulled at halftime last week for San Francisco after going 7 for 17 for 77 yards and two INTs in his first game back from a sprained ankle. He is expected to start again this week. ... Niners TE George Kittle has 32 catches for 537 yards and three TDs in six career games vs. the Rams. ... San Francisco's Raheem Mostert leads all RBs averaging 7.0 yards per carry. ... Niners DE Kerry Hyder Jr. has at least a half-sack in four of five games this season. ... Fantasy tip: Mostert returned last week after missing the previous two games with a knee injury. He had 119 yards from scrimmage and has topped 100 in all three games he has played this season.
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