The Kansas City Chiefs (7-6) take on the Oakland Raiders (2-11) looking to put an end to their three-game losing streak. The game will begin Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET and can be seen on CBS.
The Chiefs and Raiders last met in Week 12. Kansas City suffered a defeat against Oakland 24-20. Jamaal Charles had a huge game the last time they met, putting up 122 total yards and a score. He finished with 80 yards on the ground and 42 yards receiving. Latavius Murray had a great outing running the ball for Oakland, gaining 112 yards and two TDs on four attempts.
The Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is sitting at 43 points and the Raiders are a considerable nine-point underdog. Sitting at 7-6 Straight Up (SU) and 8-5 Against The Spread (ATS), the Chiefs will look to improve as they head into Week 15. In their five most recent matchups, the Chiefs went 2-3 both SU and ATS. A big source of success this season is the running game, where the Chiefs average 4.8 yards per carry at home. The Chiefs defense has been very good this season, only giving up 18.5 points per game. Expect the Chiefs defense to really restrict Oakland’s aerial assault. The Chiefs have the second-ranked pass defense in the NFL and give up only 199 passing yards per game. The Chiefs hope to continue the trend of torching Oakland’s defense during the second quarter, when they allow 8.5 points per game. For Kansas City, special teams has provided an extra spark. They average the most return yards in the NFL with 128.5 per game.
On the other side, the Raiders head into Week 15 with records of 7-6 ATS and 2-11 SU. In the previous five games, Oakland has a record of 2-3 SU and 3-2 ATS. Averaging 85.2 rushing yards over their last five games, Oakland’s running backs have really turned it on as of late. For the season, they’ve only averaged 73.1 yards per game. Shifting to the other side of the ball, it might be tough for the Chiefs to keep up with Oakland’s defense in a few areas. Oakland’s defense ranks in the top half of the league for passing yards allowed and will look to bolster its statistics this week against the 31st-ranked passing attack of the Chiefs, which only averages 190.7 yards through the air per game.
Predictions: SU Winner – KC, ATS Winner – KC, O/U – Under
Notes
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 9 games.
Oakland is 2-17 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 7 games at home.
Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Kansas City’s last 19 games when playing Oakland.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Oakland’s last 19 games when playing Kansas City.
Kansas City is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland.
Oakland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City.
Kansas City is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Oakland.
Oakland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Kansas City.
Kansas City is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Oakland.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland.
Kansas City is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland.
Oakland is 1-0 SU when leading at the half this season. Kansas City is 5-1 SU when taking a lead into halftime.
Oakland is 2-0 SU when leading at the start of the fourth quarter this season. Kansas City is 4-1 SU when leading after three quarters.
This season, Oakland is 1-2 SU in games where it wins the turnover battle, and 1-9 SU when losing the turnover battle.
This season, Kansas City is only 2-4 SU in games where it loses the turnover battle.
The Oakland defense has forced an average of 2.0 turnovers per game this season. Kansas City is just 1-3 SU when turning the ball over at least 2 times in a game.
Oakland has drawn an average of 8.0 penalties on opponents over its last five games. Kansas City is only 1-6 SU this season when penalized at least 8 times in a game.
Since the start of last season, Kansas City is only 3-7 SU against AFC West opponents, while Oakland is just 2-8 SU against divisional foes.
The Kansas City passing attack is ranked only 31st in the league, while the Oakland pass defense is ranked seventh. The Raiders’ passing game is ranked just 25th, compared to the second-ranked pass defense of the Chiefs.
Kansas City is rated higher in the ground game on both sides of the ball. Its sixth-ranked rushing attack will face the 24th-ranked run defense of Oakland, while its 31st-ranked rush defense will look to contain the bottom-ranked run game of the Raiders.
Oakland has given up 25.5 points per game on the road, which is ranked 19th in the league. Kansas City has scored 24.8 points per contest at home (ranked 13th overall).
