Sun, Sep 21, 2025, 8:20 PM EDTWeek 3 · at New York Giants
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0-2 · Power #12
22
▲ winner
Final
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0-2 · Power #22
9
final
Closing spread
KC -5.5
✓ KC W
Total
44.5
▼ Under · 31 pts
Model before kickoff
KC 25–20 NYG
✓ KC (69%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -6.5
CloseKC -5.5
Total42.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward New York Giants
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened KC -6.5 · closed KC -5.5 · moved 1 toward NYGmodel KC -5
Opened 42.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 2 upmodel 45.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 73%, covered 55% (49 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 37% (41 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -6.5
CloseKC -5.5
Total42.5 → 44.5
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 a 5.5-point road favorite at NYG, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: KC won 22–9; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 31 points stayed under 44.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 6.1 against an average line of 5.3; 50.9 points a game (usually 45.3). Of the 6 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar season form & total
-5.515–9 W U43.5
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & rest
-5.534–24 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar season form & situation
-5.520–15 L U44.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form
-6.541–21 W O39.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.532–25 W O41.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-4.528–22 W O42.5
Close
2025 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.530–10 W U46.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.522–17 W U46.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest
-5.530–36 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar rest & season form
-7.533–45 L O40.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight New York Giants ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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 New York Giants
1 pt (KC -6.5 → KC -5.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved up 2
42.5 → 44.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Small sample warning
Kansas City Chiefs have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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+1.3 →+1.0▼ 0.3#12
NYG−2.6 →−3.2▼ 0.6#30
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

KC
Longer bar = better
NYG
#17
Offense
Even
#17
#24
Defense
◀ KC better
#29
−0.5 #25
Turnovers
NYG better ▶
0.0 #19
58 plays #23
Pace
NYG faster ▶
64 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KC has the ball
Advantage: KC offense
KC offNYG defEdge
Points / game 19.0 #25 30.5 #27 Even
Yards / play 5.57 #11 6.15 #30 KC
EPA / play +0.04 #13 +0.16 #28 KC
Success rate 43% #18 49% #30 KC
When NYG has the ball
Advantage: NYG offense
NYG offKC defEdge
Points / game 21.5 #18 23.5 #19 Even
Yards / play 5.80 #6 5.08 #15 NYG
EPA / play 0.00 #19 +0.16 #29 NYG
Success rate 40% #26 50% #31 NYG

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 28 teams
KC scoring against the NYG defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KC scored
0.0
8.0
8.0
3.0
8.0
11.0
NYG allowed
3.5
8.5
12.0
3.5
13.5
17.0
NYG scoring against the KC defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NYG scored
3.0
5.0
8.0
3.0
10.5
13.5
KC allowed
7.0
4.5
11.5
5.0
7.0
12.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NYG +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
63° · 3 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KC7d
NYG7d
Even
Tempo
Average 121 plays
slowavg 122fast