Cardinals are home underdogs in preseason contest vs. Chiefs

The Cardinals and Chiefs play on Friday night at State Farm Stadium. We go over the odds for the preseason contest.

The Arizona Cardinals will take on the Kansas City Chiefs at home this Friday night for their second preseason game of the year.

The Chiefs will treat this game as their regular season dress rehearsal, as head coach Andy Reid intends on playing the starters about a half. The Cardinals have not said how long the starters will play, but quarterback Kyler Murray, who sat out the opener, will play some.

Heading into this contest, the Cardinals are underdogs in their home stadium in this preseason matchup.

According to Tipico Sportsbook, the Chiefs are 2.5-point favorites on Friday.

On the money line, the Chiefs are favored at -140, meaning they have 58.33% implied odds of winning. At those odds, a person would have to wager $140 to win $100

The Cardinals are priced at +115 to win. That gives them 46.51% implied odds of winning. A $100 wager on the Cardinals to win outright would win $115.

For an ATS bet, the Chiefs are favored at -2.5 (-115). The Cardinals are +2.5 (-105). To win a Chiefs ATS bet, they would have to win by at lead three points. A Cardinals ATS wager wins if they win the game or lose by no more than two points.

The total is set at 41.5 points, with the Over at -105 and the Under at -115.

If the two teams combine for 42 points or more, betting the Over wins, while if they combine for 41 or fewer points in the game, An Under ticket will cash.

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