The Super Bowl hasn’t seemed to generate much juice around here this year and that’s understandable.

Nobody in these parts wants to see the San Francisco 49ers win a sixth Super Bowl and tie the Steelers for the most triumphs in the game’s 47-year history. And the 49ers have never lost one.

Nobody in this area wants to see the Baltimore Ravens emerge victorious and send Ray Lewis — Pittsburgh public enemy No. 1 — into retirement as a champion.

But one of those things is going to happen — just as certain as the Super Bowl trophy will land in the hands of the Harbaugh family.

All hatred and biased feelings aside, this game does present an intriguing matchup.

Both teams play hard-nosed, physical defense. Both have developed versatile, effective offenses through bold moves by the head coaches.

Jim Harbaugh benched a successful Alex Smith in favor of the more versatile Colin Kaepernick.

John Harbaugh fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron late in the season — the timing of which is rarely seen in the NFL — and replaced him with Jim Caldwell.

Both teams have taken off since.

There’s plenty of little side stories surrounding this game, such as the Harbaugh family, Lewis, Randy Moss, the playoff emergence of Vernon Davis, the maturity of Joe Flacco, etc.

So what way is the whole thing gonna turn?

The guess here is the Ravens will prevail, for the following reasons:

• Kaepernick is the more likely quarterback to make a critical mistake at some point in the game.

• Jacoby Jones is the more likely return man to make a big play on special teams.

• David Akers is the more likely kicker to miss a key field-goal attempt.

• With two weeks to prepare, the Ravens may have come up with a defensive answer to the 49ers’ run-option offensive attack.

• Flacco has been outstanding in the postseason, throwing eight touchdown passes and no interceptions while outdueling future Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Tom Brady along the way.

One thing the 49ers will do is hang in this game. They won a shootout with Green Bay before rallying from a 17-0 deficit on the road in Atlanta to win the NFC championship.

They are a confident bunch, but a little slow at the safety position. That could open things up for speedy Baltimore receiver Torrey Smith on the outside.

This Super Bowl will be the final stage of the coming out party for Flacco. He will effectively use play-action passes, find his tight end and Anquan Boldin for first downs and probably toss a home run ball to Smith.

Flacco will be the game’s MVP.

Ravens 24, 49ers 14.