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

Availability

The injury report

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

Chiefs

Raiders

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 36–19 since 1999

Meetings average 44.5 points. OAK are 28-26-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4KC @ LV30–27KC
2025 · W18KC @ LV12–14RAIDERS
2025 · W7LV @ KC0–31KC
2024 · W13LV @ KC17–19KC
2024 · W8KC @ LV27–20KC
2023 · W16LV @ KC20–14RAIDERS
2023 · W12KC @ LV31–17KC
2022 · W18KC @ LV31–13KC

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultKC–OAK
KCQ1 15:00124Turnover0–0
LVQ1 14:4449Punt0–0
KCQ1 13:03336Touchdown7–0
LVQ1 12:11334Turnover7–0
KCQ1 11:13754Field goal10–0
LVQ1 7:4267Punt10–0
KCQ1 3:50413Punt10–0
LVQ1 1:28932Turnover10–0
KCQ2 13:021148Field goal13–0
LVQ2 7:021374Touchdown13–7
KCQ2 1:04582Touchdown19–7
LVQ2 0:0700End of half19–7
LVQ3 15:00740Field goal19–10
KCQ3 11:061175Touchdown26–10
LVQ3 5:48773Touchdown26–16
KCQ3 3:2833Punt26–16
LVQ3 2:24117Turnover26–16
KCQ3 2:13752Touchdown33–16
LVQ3 0:041075Touchdown33–23
KCQ4 10:41410Punt33–23
LVQ4 9:18737Touchdown33–30
KCQ4 6:461275Touchdown40–30
LVQ4 1:54744Field goal40–33
KCQ4 0:3000End of half40–33

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.