Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Las Vegas Raiders · Division game
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6-0 · Power #6
27
▲ winner
Final
@
2-5 · Power #27
20
final
Closing spread
KC -8.5
✓ LV W
Total
42.5
▲ Over · 47 pts
Model before kickoff
KC 26–17 LV
✓ KC (78%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -9.5
CloseKC -8.5
Total42.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Las Vegas Raiders
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened KC -9.5 · closed KC -8.5 · moved 1 toward LVmodel KC -9.5
Opened 42.5 · unchangedmodel 43.5
Openline modelKickoff
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -9.5
CloseKC -8.5
Total42.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like KC as an 8.5-point road favorite at LV, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: KC won 27–20; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 47 points went over 42.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 77%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 52%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 10.6 against an average line of 8; 49 points a game (usually 47). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.541–21 W O39.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-6.524–27 L O44.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & situation
-931–17 W O42.5
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation
-738–31 P O42.5
Loose
TEN @ HOU
2021 · Week 18 · loose · similar rest & situation
-10.528–25 L O42.5
Loose
IND @ HOU
2021 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & situation
-7.531–0 W U45
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & season form
-79–24 L U45.5
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation
-9.531–24 L O45
Loose
SF @ JAX
2021 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & team ratings
-730–10 W U45.5
Loose
BUF @ CHI
2022 · Week 16 · loose · similar rest & season form
-935–13 W O40.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Las Vegas Raiders ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Las Vegas Raiders
1 pt (KC -9.5 → KC -8.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KC+2.2 →+4.1▲ 1.9#2
LV−0.8 →−3.6▼ 2.8#30
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

KC
Longer bar = better
LV
#10
Offense
◀ KC better
#28
#11
Defense
◀ KC better
#21
−0.5 #25
Turnovers
◀ KC better
−1.9 #32
65 plays #5
Pace
◀ KC faster
62 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KC has the ball
Advantage: KC offense
KC offLV defEdge
Points / game 24.3 #13 26.1 #29 KC
Yards / play 5.43 #16 5.33 #18 Even
EPA / play +0.05 #10 −0.01 #18 KC
Success rate 52% #1 43% #17 KC
When LV has the ball
Advantage: KC defense
LV offKC defEdge
Points / game 17.7 #25 17.2 #5 KC
Yards / play 4.80 #26 5.23 #12 KC
EPA / play −0.22 #31 −0.07 #10 KC
Success rate 39% #28 43% #16 KC

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
KC scoring against the LV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KC scored
2.8
#26
9.3
#7
12.2
#12
4.3
#17
7.8
#7
12.2
#13
LV allowed
3.7
#8
8.4
#23
12.1
#19
5.6
#19
8.4
#29
14.0
#28
LV scoring against the KC defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LV scored
4.4
#19
3.1
#30
7.6
#29
2.9
#30
7.3
#8
10.1
#20
KC allowed
5.0
#19
5.5
#9
10.5
#12
2.0
#3
4.7
#9
6.7
#4

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LV +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
KC7d
LV7d
Even
Tempo
Average 126 plays
slowavg 123fast
Travel
KC 1,149 mi
2 time zones