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Sun 18 Oct 2026, 4:25PM ET
Los Angeles Chargers
0-4 · 0-2 awayLLLL
VS
Kansas City Chiefs
4-0 · 2-0 at homeWWWW

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs prediction and odds · Sun 18 Oct

Kansas City Chiefs host Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday 18 October.

Sunday 18 October 2026: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs host Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday 18 October. The bookies' opening prices make the Chiefs about an 8 in 10 chance to win. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.
How they've been scoring this season
Los Angeles ChargersKansas City Chiefs
Won-lost0-44-0
Points scored per game16.829.5
Points allowed per game26.519.3
On the road / at home0-2 away2-0 at home
Last 5 gamesLLLLWWWW
Their games average 46.0 total points this season.
From the 4 Los Angeles Chargers and 4 Kansas City Chiefs games on our books this season.

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs odds

Prices for this game

Best opening price: Chiefs paid $1.27, Chargers paid $4.50 (the best of 10 bookies). Prices change before kickoff.

Fair chance at the open (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Chiefs about 8 in 10, Chargers about 2 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $5.09 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Prices from when betting opened on Tue 6 Oct
Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Los Angeles Chargers

  • Charlie Kolar TEQuestionable
  • Rashawn Slater OTOut
  • Trevor Penning GOut
  • Kayode Awosika GOut
  • Joe Alt OTOut
  • Brenen Thompson WROut
  • Trey Lance QBDoubtful
  • Derwin James Jr. SOut
  • Donte Jackson CBOut
  • Rodney Shelley CBQuestionable
  • Quentin Johnston WROut
  • Ladd McConkey WRQuestionable
  • Branson Taylor GOut
  • Scott Matlock FBOut

Kansas City Chiefs

  • Josh Simmons OTQuestionable
  • Tyquan Thornton WROut
  • Rashee Rice WRQuestionable
Availability updated Oct 10, 4:17PM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs head-to-head record

Final scores · 22 meetings on record
Kansas City Chiefs 17–5 across the last 22 meetings · these games average 45.7 points (meetings on record since 2015)

Last meeting: Sun 14 Dec 2025, Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs: the Chargers won 16-13.

DateGameScoreWinner
14 Dec 2025Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs13–16Los Angeles Chargers
5 Sep 2025Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers27–21Los Angeles Chargers
8 Dec 2024Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs19–17Kansas City Chiefs
29 Sep 2024Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers10–17Kansas City Chiefs
7 Jan 2024Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers12–13Kansas City Chiefs
22 Oct 2023Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs31–17Kansas City Chiefs
20 Nov 2022Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers27–30Kansas City Chiefs
15 Sep 2022Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs27–24Kansas City Chiefs
16 Dec 2021Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers28–34Kansas City Chiefs
26 Sep 2021Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs24–30Los Angeles Chargers

Table shows the last 10 — the record above counts all 22 meetings on file.

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