Remaining in the thick of the AFC’s playoff race, the Baltimore Ravens (8-6) host the Indianapolis Colts (3-11) in what is the first of two home games to close out the regular season. Winners in five of the past seven games (and four of the last five), Baltimore will clinch a seventh postseason appearance in the past 10 years with victories this Saturday and on Dec. 31 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. • The Ravens have won two of their past three games vs. Indianapolis, however, the Colts lead the all-time series, 8-3. (Indy also leads the postseason series by a 2-1 mark.) The Colts and Ravens last battled in 2014, when Indy emerged with a 20-13 win at Lucas Oil Stadium. • Last Sunday at Cleveland, the Ravens prevailed with a 27-10 victory on the heels of another dominant defensive performance and the standout play of QB Joe Flacco. Baltimore forced 4 turnovers (2 INTs & 2 fumbles) – including a FR-TD by DT Brandon Williams off an OLB Za’Darius Smith strip-sack – while Flacco passed for a season-high 288 yards and 1 TD (he also rushed for another score). WR Mike Wallace produced a game-high 89 receiving yards on 6 catches, while RB Javorius “Buck” Allen rushed for 70 yards on 13 carries (5.4 ypc). The Ravens did not turn the ball over, finishing +4 and adding to their NFL-best +17 turnover differential this season. • The Ravens have earned a playoff berth in six of the past nine full seasons. Since John Harbaugh’s arrival in 2008, Baltimore has posted the NFL’s fourth-most total victories (103), won the league’s secondmost playoff games (10), advanced to three AFC Championship contests, and in 2012, captured the World Championship in SB XLVII.