Records: Pittsburgh (10-7); Baltimore (12-5)

Kickoff: Saturday, 8 p.m., Prime Video

BetMGM NFL odds: Ravens by 10

Against the spread: Steelers 11-6, Ravens 10-6-1

Series record: Steelers lead 36-26

Last meeting: Ravens beat Steelers 34-17 in Baltimore on Dec. 21, 2024

Last week: Steelers lost to Bengals 19-17; Ravens beat Browns 35-10

Steelers offense: overall (23), rush (11), pass (27), scoring (16)

Steelers defense: overall (12), rush (6), pass (25), scoring (8)

Ravens offense: overall (1), rush (1), pass (7), scoring (3)

Ravens defense: overall (10), rush (1), pass (31), scoring (9)

Turnover differential: Steelers plus-16; Ravens plus-6

Steelers player to watch: WR George Pickens. The talented but mercurial Pickens missed Pittsburgh’s loss in Baltimore last month with a hamstring injury. He’s been ineffective in his return and struggled against Cincinnati in Week 18, dropping three passes and finishing with one reception for zero yards. The Steelers’ best chance to break out of an offensive funk that’s accompanied their four-game losing streak is having Pickens get engaged in the game early. Pickens has 19 receptions for 326 yards and a touchdown in five games against Baltimore, four of them victories.

Ravens player to watch: QB Lamar Jackson. The two-time MVP might be as good as ever after becoming the first quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 900 yards in a season. He’s passed basically every test except leading his team on an extended postseason run. There are plenty of reasons to believe he’ll do so eventually, but any signs of shakiness could set off alarms in the minds of the home fans.

Key matchup: Baltimore RB Derrick Henry vs. LB Patrick Queen and the Pittsburgh defensive front. The easiest way to take some pressure off Jackson is to run the ball effectively with Henry. The star running back fumbled early in the November meeting at Pittsburgh, and the Ravens never really got control of that game, losing 18-16. In the rematch last month, Henry ran for 162 yards and Baltimore won by 17.

Key injuries: Steelers: Pittsburgh is pretty healthy heading into its 18th game of the season. CB Donte Jackson (back) could return after sitting out last week against Cincinnati. … DT Cam Heyward is expected to play after missing practice early in the week while recovering from an illness. Ravens: WR Zay Flowers injured a knee in the regular-season finale and will not play Saturday.

Series notes: The Ravens and Steelers have met four times in the postseason, all of them in Pittsburgh. The Steelers went 3-1 in those games. This is their first postseason meeting in a decade after it happened three times in seven seasons. … Pittsburgh has won eight of the past 10 games in the series. … Mike Tomlin of the Steelers (18 years) and John Harbaugh of the Ravens (17) are the league’s two longest-tenured coaches.

Stats and stuff: The Steelers enter the playoffs on a cold streak in more ways than one. Pittsburgh’s four-game skid is tied for the second longest in Tomlin’s tenure. The Steelers have also lost their past five postseason games going back to the 2016 AFC title game. The most recent team to end the season on a four-game skid and win a playoff game was the 1986 New York Jets. They dropped their final five games before beating Kansas City in the wild-card round. … Pittsburgh is 10-2 all time when it plays an opponent for a third time in a season.