2018 · Week 13 · Division

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Patrick Mahomes

40·33

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 57°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

KC -14

Total

53.5

Model margin

-0.5est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

2.3%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsChiefs 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

KC lead 35–19 since 1999

Meetings average 44.3 points. OAK are 27-26-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18KC @ LV1214RAIDERS
2025 · W7LV @ KC031KC
2024 · W13LV @ KC1719KC
2024 · W8KC @ LV2720KC
2023 · W16LV @ KC2014RAIDERS
2023 · W12KC @ LV3117KC
2022 · W18KC @ LV3113KC
2022 · W5LV @ KC2930KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Patrick Mahomes23/3829540

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Patrick Mahomes9525.80
Spencer Ware14473.41
Damien Williams5387.60
Tyreek Hill23718.50

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 -142.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.34%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.7%

Expected total

46.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.76
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.48
  • Expected margin-0.50

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.