- Associated Press - Thursday, October 18, 2018

LOS ANGELES RAMS (6-0) at SAN FRANCISCO (1-5)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Rams by 12

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Los Angeles 3-2-1, San Francisco 2-4

SERIES RECORD - 49ers lead 69-65-3

LAST MEETING - 49ers beat Rams 34-13, Dec. 31, 2017

LAST WEEK - Rams beat Broncos 23-20; 49ers lost at Packers 33-30

AP PRO32 RANKING - Rams No. 1, 49ers No. 28

RAMS OFFENSE - OVERALL (1), RUSH (1), PASS (6).

RAMS DEFENSE - OVERALL (11), RUSH (14), PASS (13).

49ERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (13), RUSH (3), PASS (21).

49ERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (19), RUSH (13), PASS (25).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - 49ers won four of five in series. … Los Angeles last undefeated team in NFL. … Rams 6-0 for first time since 2001. Started 6-0 in 1999, 2000, ’01 while in St. Louis and lost seventh game each time. Last 7-0 start in 1985. … Los Angeles RB Todd Gurley ran for career-high 208 yards, two TDs last week. Gurley is fifth player with 11 TDs from scrimmage in team’s first six games. … Rams averaging 32.7 points per game despite scoring TDs on only 56.7 percent of red-zone trips. … Los Angeles leads NFL with 7.64 yards per play on first down. San Francisco ranks sixth at 6.92. … Niners QB C.J. Beathard tied for NFL worst with seven turnovers past three weeks. … Niners are 2-27 in last 29 games without Jimmy Garoppolo as starting QB. He is sidelined for season with torn ACL. … San Francisco has three takeaways in six games. Only teams with fewer since 1940 are Steelers with two in 2011, ’13. … Niners have NFL-worst minus-11 turnover margin. … Marquise Goodwin became third 49ers WR in past 15 seasons with at least 125 yards receiving, two TD catches in game. … San Francisco seeks third straight outing with at least 400 yards of offense for first time since 2003. … Fantasy tip: Raheem Mostert took over as 49ers’ No. 2 running back last week and should get more looks after gaining career-high 87 yards on 12 carries last week.

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