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NFL Week 16 · Matchup Intelligence

SF at KC

Sunday, December 27 at 4:25 PM EST

Projected score

SF 23 · KC 22

Win probability

KC 44.6%

SF 55.4%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

KC · Elo 1621

Offense EPA/play 0.055 · Defense EPA/play -0.008

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 47.5%

SF · Elo 1596

Offense EPA/play 0.074 · Defense EPA/play -0.009

Offense success 51.6% · Defense success 48.6%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward KC; negative values lean toward SF.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

SF · -0.044

Pressure matchup

SF · -0.061

Explosive-play matchup

SF · -0.015

Third-down matchup

SF · -0.078

Red-zone matchup

SF · -0.565

QB intelligence

SF · -0.214

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

KC · P.Mahomes

242 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.138 · CPOE 1.6

SF · B.Purdy

219 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.289 · CPOE 4.3

Prediction range

SF: median 23, 10th–90th percentile 11–35

KC: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

Recent form

KC 24 · DEN 28

KC 3 · SEA 20

SF 20 · ATL 29

WAS 17 · SF 23

LAC 6 · KC 22

SF 32 · SEA 29

DEN 14 · SF 24

KC 30 · LV 27

ARI 30 · SF 36

KC 24 · MIA 10

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Nov 5, 2026, 6:46 PM EST