2018 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

10·26

Chargers

Los Angeles

QB Philip Rivers

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Closing spread

LAC -5.5

Total

52

Model margin

+3.1est.

LAC perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Raiders

Chargers

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Chargers winsRaiders wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

The rivalry

LAC lead 33–22 since 1999

Meetings average 43.8 points. LAC are 31-23-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2LV @ LAC26–14RAIDERS
2025 · W13LV @ LAC14–31CHARGERS
2025 · W2LAC @ LV20–9CHARGERS
2024 · W18LAC @ LV34–20CHARGERS
2024 · W1LV @ LAC10–22CHARGERS
2023 · W15LAC @ LV21–63RAIDERS
2023 · W4LV @ LAC17–24CHARGERS
2022 · W13LAC @ LV20–27RAIDERS

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–LAC
LACQ1 15:00737Field goal0–3
LVQ1 11:08511Punt0–3
LACQ1 7:49734Punt0–3
LVQ1 3:29982Field goal3–3
LACQ2 13:2338Punt3–3
LVQ2 11:0057Punt3–3
LACQ2 8:383-2Punt3–3
LVQ2 7:4443Punt3–3
LACQ2 6:08455Touchdown3–10
LVQ2 4:04121Turnover3–10
LACQ2 3:54658Touchdown3–17
LVQ2 1:39536Missed field goal3–17
LACQ2 0:0628Missed field goal3–17
LVQ3 15:003-7Punt3–17
LACQ3 13:171167Field goal3–20
LVQ3 6:051062Turnover3–20
LACQ3 1:0510121Touchdown3–26
LVQ4 9:42974Touchdown10–26
LACQ4 5:11828End of half10–26

Box score

Individual performances

Chargers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Philip Rivers22/2733920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Melvin Gordon19583.11
Austin Ekeler6152.50
Keenan Allen155.00
Mike Williams133.00
Philip Rivers3-2-0.70

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Keenan Allen89900
Tyrell Williams33660
Melvin Gordon44620
Mike Williams34450
Austin Ekeler13441
Antonio Gates22190
Virgil Green11131

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +5.53.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

3.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.5%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.41
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.15

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.