Home field advantage through the playoffs is what the Eagles wanted – and home field advantage through the playoffs is what they have following a less than stellar performance against the Oakland Raiders on Christmas night in an inter-conference matchup at Lincoln Financial Field.

Sometimes when your opponent has been eliminated from the playoffs, less than stellar is fine and it was   in this case as the Eagles won 19-10 to improve to 13-2. They had already clinched a bye in the playoffs following last week’s win over the New York Giants. With a game left in their regular season, they have all their ducks in a row but there are concerns.

Nick Foles played in stark contrast to his four-touchdown game last week. He was 19-for-38 for 163 yards with a touchdown and an interception but the statistics don’t tell the whole story. He wasn’t accurate at the times he really needed to be. He overthrew Zach Ertz in the third quarter at the two-yard-line and left him exposed so that a Raider defensive back was able to drill him in the ribs at the end of the play. He under threw a wide-open Nelson Agholor at the Raider 13 and also threw behind Alshon Jeffery at the two that could’ve gone for six.

The defense did more than their part and forced five turnovers, two interceptions and three fumble recoveries. The game was tied at 10 and closing in on the end of regulation when defensive back Ronald Darby intercepted Raiders’ (6-9) quarterback Derek Carr and the Eagles took over near midfield. Eventually, Jake Elliott converted a game-winning 48-yard field goal with 22 seconds left. On the final play, defensive end Derek Barnett returned a fumble for a touchdown.

The Eagles scored first when running back Jay Ajayi caught a pass from Foles and ran it in for a 17-yard TD. But the Raiders tied it up in the second quarter when Carr connected with wide receiver Amari Toomer on a 63-yard TD in which Darby was beaten. Toomer cut inside on the pattern, then broke sharply to the outside and caught the pass from Carr in stride and was gone.

The two teams went into halftime tied 7-7 and the two head coaches, the Eagles’ Doug Pedersen and the Raiders’ Jack Del Rio weren’t thrilled with how their teams were playing. Pedersen described the Eagles play in the first half in three words: “Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.” If Del Rio had been asked to describe how the Raiders played, he probably would’ve said something similar.

The Raiders took a brief lead in the third quarter with a field goal but the Eagles tied it up with an Elliott field goal. The two teams had no turnovers until midway through the third period when three turnovers occurred in four plays. First defensive back Patrick Robinson intercepted Carr near mid-field to give the Eagles the ball. Then Ajayi fumbled two plays later and the Raiders had the ball again. Rodney McLeod recovered a fumble by Marshawn Lynch on the next play at the Raiders’ 30 to give the Eagles possession again. That sequence typified the kind of game it was. One team – the Eagles – having more to play for than the other – the Raiders. But both teams going through the motions and not realizing what was at stake.

There won’t be anything at stake when the Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys (Sunday, 1 p.m.) The Eagles will probably rest most of their starters in preparation for the playoffs and the Cowboys have been eliminated from the postseason.