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Sun 8 Nov 2026, 1:00PM ET

Detroit Lions

4-2 · 1-2 awayLWLWW

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Miami Dolphins

1-5 · 0-2 at homeLLLLW

Detroit Lions vs Miami Dolphins prediction and odds · Sun 8 Nov

Miami Dolphins host Detroit Lions on Sunday 8 November.

Sunday 8 November 2026: Detroit Lions at Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins host Detroit Lions on Sunday 8 November. The bookies' prices make the Lions about an 8 in 10 chance to win. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.

How they've been scoring this season

	Detroit Lions	Miami Dolphins
Won-lost	4-2	1-5
Points scored per game	30.7	16.3
Points allowed per game	27.5	26.2
On the road / at home	1-2 away	0-2 at home
Last 5 games	LWLWW	LLLLW

Their games average 50.3 total points this season.

From the 6 Detroit Lions and 6 Miami Dolphins games on our books this season.

Detroit Lions vs Miami Dolphins odds

Prices for this game

Best price: Dolphins pay $4.50, Lions pay $1.28 (the best of 7 bookies we checked). $100 on the Lions returns $128.

Fair chance (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Dolphins about 2 in 10, Lions about 8 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $4.02 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Detroit Lions

• Kerby Joseph SOut
• Amon-Ra St. Brown WRQuestionable
• Jahmyr Gibbs RBQuestionable
• Tyleik Williams DTQuestionable
• Jacob Saylors RBQuestionable
• Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CBQuestionable
• Ben Bartch GOut
• Devin White LBOut
• Tom Kennedy WROut

Miami Dolphins

• Kadyn Proctor OTQuestionable
• Jared Wayne WRQuestionable
• Will Kacmarek TEQuestionable
• JuJu Brents CBQuestionable
• Malik Washington WRQuestionable
• Greg Dulcich TEQuestionable
• Michael Taaffe SQuestionable
• Dante Trader Jr. SQuestionable
• Tucker Addington LSQuestionable
• Reese Taylor CBQuestionable

Availability updated Oct 29, 1:41AM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Detroit Lions vs Miami Dolphins head-to-head record

Final scores · 2 meetings on record

Even at 1–1 across the last 2 meetings (meetings on record since 2018)

Last meeting: Sun 30 Oct 2022, Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions: the Dolphins won 31-27.

Date	Game	Score	Winner
30 Oct 2022	Miami Dolphins @ Detroit Lions	27–31	Miami Dolphins
21 Oct 2018	Detroit Lions @ Miami Dolphins	21–32	Detroit Lions

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