MLB : Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs Odds & Prediction

Game Info: July 22, 2025 8:05PM EDT @ Wrigley Field

The hottest moment for the Kansas City Royals is now, with a powerful offensive performance on the road. The Royals, with three wins in their past five games, are starting to find some rhythm, especially with a staggering 12-run slaughter against the Cubs. With the bats lighting up, Kansas City is proving to be dangerous on the field and against the spread.

Betting Odds and Info

These are the latest odds as of writing:

Moneyline: Royals 3.11 , Cubs 1.42

Spread: Royals +1.5 , Cubs -1.5

Over/Under: 9

Team Recent Performance

Kansas City Royals

Most recently, the Kansas City Royals have gone 3-2 through the last five games, the most notable of which were back-to-back road wins against the Cubs and Marlins, where they easily covered the spread and went over the total. The offense unleashed for a 12-4 rout against Chicago, followed up by a 7-4 victory against Miami. Before that, the Royals lost two close games to the Marlins as slight favorites. The totals went over in three of those five matchups.

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs have been on varied performances out of their last five games, coming up with a 3-2 record. It opened with three successive wins over Boston through a shutout and then a really impressive victory over the Yankees away from home covering the spread in each. It was stopped in their final game by two heavy-weight losses, one against the Royals and the other by the Red Sox. Failure in covering the spread was observed after those two matches which went over at total for those five games.

Team Head-to-Head Matchup

Kansas City Royals are statistically ahead of most Chicago Cubs in some major batting categories. The Royals scored an average of 5.50 runs and made 9.50 hits into the bases, compared to 3.80 runs and 6.90 hits on average by the Cubs. Though Chicago has a better average walk per game (2.40 to 1.60), they have a worse average strikeout each day (8.10 to 6.90). Betting trends of both teams now show that they’re evenly matched as they have a record of 5-5 both against the over and under.

Betting Trends

Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals have been quite good away lately. They won 3 out of 5 games straight up in the last five and have been 3-2 against the spread during that stretch. They have been particularly strong against the spread on the road this season, with a good record of 31-20. Offensively, Kansas City seems to be leaning with the totals on the over, with three of the last five going over. However, home games have generally seen limited scoring, with just 18 of their last 50 games going over.

Chicago Cubs

There has been some semblance of consistency from the Chicago Cubs lately, as they have gone 3-2 in the last five games overall and against the spread. The road record, however, says that they have remained strong against the spread this season with a 26-24 mark. While the recent offense has not been as explosive, with only two of the last five games having gone over the total, the Cubs have seen their share of overs recently at Wrigley, with 27 in the last 50 home games.

SPORTBOOK.AG’s Prediction

The Kansas City Royals will win and cover the spread with the total going over 9.

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