Why The Bears’ Stats Give Them the Edge Over The Chiefs

Game Info: August 22, 2024 8:20PM ET @ Arrowhead Stadium

The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears. The Bears have been playing better lately, on the other hand Chiefs need to overcome their recent bad results in order to regain momentum.

Betting odds and info:

These are the latest odds as of writing:

Moneyline: Bears -190, Chiefs +165

Spread: Bears -3.5, Chiefs +3.5

Over/Under: 34

Team Recent Perfomance

Chicago Bears

The recent matches of the Chicago Bears are inclusive of a victory over Cincinnati on the 18th day of August whose score was 27-3, therefore covering the -7 spread and hitting under 36. They also had an earlier match with Buffalo which was played on 11th August where they won 33-6 covering the +3 spread with an over of 37.5. Much earlier, on August 2nd, the Bears beat Houston 21-17 while covering a +2.5 spread and ended up scoring more than thirty-three points. In January, they lost to Green Bay by a margin of 9-17 plus a +3 spread and besides that less than 46 points were scored altogether. On January 1st though, they managed another win against Atlanta with a score line of 37-17 while still rolling over 2.5 points within 39 ranges.

Kansas City Chiefs

The recent matches of Kansas City Chiefs include losing to Detroit on August 18 wherein they played 23-24 thus failing to beat a spread of -8.5 and an over/under of 38.5 points. They were also beaten on August 11 by Jacksonville with a score line of 13-26 but managed to cover a margin of +2.5 even though the score at that time was less than what was predicted which stood at 40 points. Meanwhile in February, these team won against San Francisco winning by two points making sure that their victory was within the margin set by a +2.5 spread while hitting over 46.5 in terms of total points scored throughout the game played between them two teams (over).January saw them triumph over Baltimore with 17-10 and a margin of +4.5 but under the anticipated 44.5; earlier they had triumphed over Buffalo by a 27-24 scoreline, overcoming +2.5 and more than 45.5 spreads at that time.

Team Head-to-Head Matchup

The Chicago bears are 3-5 against Kansas City Chiefs’ 5-3. Even though they have the same record of 3-5 against the spread (ATS) for both teams, their over/under (O/U) figures are relatively low at 1-7. However, the chiefs outperform bears in a number of crucial categories: their scoring average is 20.75 points per game compared to 10.88 by bears. Other than scoring points, Kansas City also accrues more yards by both running (108.25 against 86.12) and passing (211.38 over 172.62), in addition to attempting more passes (32.62 against 35.50). Apart from that, chiefs have a higher completion percentage (62.45% as opposed to 54.58%) as well as total yards per game (319.62 rather than258). Bears usually lose the ball an average of 1.88 times every match day while this number stands at 1.12 for chiefs

Team Injuries

Chicago Bears

Due to a knee injury, Javin White (LB) is sitting out this week.

Kansas City Chiefs

Meanwhile, Charles Omenihu (DE) cannot also play this week due to knee issues.

SPORTBOOK.AG’s Prediction

The Chicago Bears seem to have an upper hand on the Kansas City Chiefs. Recently, the Bears have shown strength in their games by winning comprehensively and covering odds, while the Chiefs have had issues with defeats and varying outcomes. The Bears will win.

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