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Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs for a Trip to the Super Bowl

After narrowly winning their respective divisional-round games, the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs meet in the AFC Championship and a trip to Super Bowl LVI. It’s not surprising that the Chiefs opened as a strong, one-touchdown favorite on the NFL game betting, but action has gone both ways.

These teams met earlier this season, with home-standing Cincinnati snapping Kansas City’s eight-game winning streak in last-second-field-goal fashion. The Bengals were underdogs by 3½, and that’s doubled for this Arrowhead Stadium rematch,

Bengals vs Chiefs Game Preview, Live Stream, Odds, Picks & Predictions
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  • Game: Bengals (12-7-0) vs Chiefs (14-5-0)
  • Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
  • Day/Time: Sunday, 3:00 p.m. ET
  • Television: CBS

Bengals vs Chiefs Betting Lines

Bengals Show Their Stripes

Unless you’re Raiders’ or Titans’ fan, you sort of have to love the Cincinnati Bengals? Led by quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati has defied the online sports betting odds in the franchise’s first conference championship appearance since the 1988 season. The Bengals made the Super Bowl that season.

Burrow even tied a playoff record, beating the Titans as four-point underdogs despite getting sacked nine times. He threw for 348 yards, 109 of them to Chase. Cincinnati enters having won five of its last six games, covering each time as an NFL picks against the spread.

When You Come At The Chiefs, Don ‘t Miss

The Kansas City Chiefs not only outlasted the Buffalo Bills, 42-36, in an instant classic, but they were also the only favorite to win in the divisional round. Led by Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs moved 50 yards in under 13 seconds to tie the game on a 49-yard, last-play-of-regulation field goal. They would win the coin toss in overtime and…

The Chiefs were as small as 1½-point favorites prior to kickoff as Buffalo earned substantial support after their 47 points waxed Bill Belichick and the Patriots. Buffalo didn’t slow down offensively, but Mahomes and his offense were up to the task as Kansas City won, cashed the ‘over’ in spectacular fashion and is headed to its fourth straight conference title game.

Opening Line

Despite Cincinnati’s surprises wins over Kansas City and Tennessee-a team that manhandled the Chiefs-the Bengals head to Arrowhead as seven-point ‘dogs. Bet online has gone both ways, with the lines for both Cincinnati and Kansas City moving.

The Bengals are being underestimated, though they did score just 19 points against the Titans as the Chiefs dumped 42 points (36 in regulation) on the NFL’s top-rated defense. Kansas City is also 6-2-0 ATS in playoff games with Mahomes. However, Cincinnati is 4-2 straight-up and 5-1 ATS as a road ‘dog. Bet against the Bengals at one’s own risk.

The totals also opened at a jaw-dropping 53½ points, with action going on the over thanks to the Chiefs’ fireworks. Six of the Chiefs’ last eight home games against conference opponents have gone over, but only one of the Bengals’ six road games as an underdog have.

Cincinnati has failed to hit the 20-point mark in its last three road games. Kansas City, prior to its shootout with Buffalo, had not allowed a visitor to hit the 20-point mark-except Pittsburgh in the previous round-since the Chiefs’ first meeting with Buffalo in Week 5.

Though we’d all love to see a barnburner between Burrow and Mahomes, the defense may star in this show.

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