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Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Arrowhead Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Las Vegas Raiders—Away
Kansas City Chiefs—Home

Game details

Location
Kansas City

Matchup preview

Las Vegas Raiders 3–2 · Road 2–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 16
Kansas City Chiefs 4–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 2
2026 regular season, per game · LV 5 games, KC 4 games
MetricLVKC
Points per game26.48th29.55th
Points allowed per game25.822nd19.38th
Total yards per game335.615th412.02nd
Passing yards per game263.48th259.311th
Rushing yards per game82.027th162.33rd
Turnovers per game1.420th0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game1.68th1.55th
Penalty yards per game44.25th63.819th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Las Vegas Raiders: recent results

  1. L 17–45 @ NE Week 5
  2. L 27–30 vs KC Week 4
  3. W 35–27 @ NO Week 3
  4. W 26–14 @ LAC Week 2
  5. W 27–13 vs MIA Week 1

Kansas City Chiefs: recent results

  1. W 30–27 @ LV Week 4
  2. W 24–10 @ MIA Week 3
  3. W 33–30 (OT) vs IND Week 2
  4. W 31–10 vs DEN Week 1

Las Vegas Raiders: season leaders

Passing
Kirk Cousins 1,269 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Ashton Jeanty 291 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Brock Bowers 312 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Malcolm Koonce 2.5 · 2 g

Kansas City Chiefs: season leaders

Passing
Patrick Mahomes 1,037 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Kenneth Walker III 537 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Travis Kelce 246 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Nohl Williams 1.0 · 4 g

Las Vegas Raiders: injury report

  • Out Aidan O'Connell QB
  • Out Dalton Johnson SS
  • Out JJ Pegues NT
  • Out Jalen Nailor WR
  • Out Roman Hemby RB
  • Out Trey Zuhn III
  • Out Tristin McCollum FS
  • Questionable Patrick Johnson SLB

1 more listed.

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Kansas City Chiefs: injury report

  • Out Omarr Norman-Lott RDT
  • Out Tyquan Thornton
  • Questionable Josh Simmons LT
  • Questionable Rashee Rice WR

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 5. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

LV 19 · KC 36 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 4 KC 30, LV 27
  2. 2025 · Week 18 KC 12, LV 14
  3. 2025 · Week 7 LV 0, KC 31
  4. 2024 · Week 13 LV 17, KC 19
  5. 2024 · Week 8 KC 27, LV 20

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

LV 23.2% · KC 76.6%

Matchup quality 60.9 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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