Public Bettors Backing Chiefs
There’s still multiple hours before the 4:35 p.m. ET kickoff between the Titans and Chiefs but public bettors are currently backing the home team.
As of Saturday morning, 57% of the betting tickets are on the Chiefs to cover the spread while 56% of the money is on the Titans.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Chiefs are 9-point home favorites to beat the Titans, who opened as 7-point underdogs. The total, meanwhile, sits at 44.5 points and hasn’t budged off the original number.
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The road team has covered the spread in seven of the last eight meetings between these two teams while the Titans are 5-1 against the number in their last six games in Kansas City. They’re also 5-1 at the betting window in their last six games overall and are 6-1 against the spread in their last seven games when facing a team with a winning record. That said, Tennessee is just 8-20 at the betting window in its last 28 road games.
On the other side, the Chiefs are 4-0 against the spread in their last four games overall, have covered the spread in four of their last five hoe games, and are 8-2 at the betting window in their last 10 games coming off a win. That said, Kansas City is just 1-8 at the betting window in its last nine playoff games and winless at 0-5 against the spread in its last five home playoff games.
The over has also cashed in five of the last seven meetings between these two teams although the under is 6-2 in the Chiefs’ last eight games overall and the under is 8-3 in the Titans’ last 11 games played in the month of January.