Match Info

MLB

Date: 20 August 2026, Thursday

Location: Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

Where to Watch on TV:


Canada	fubo Sports Network
World	MLB.TV


	Kansas City Royals		Athletics

	1	2
	1.72	2.15	Watch
	1.75	2.1
	1.68	2.20
	1.79	2.19
			Watch
	1.76	2.14
	1.77	2.20	Watch
	1.72	2.13
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.74 ↑ (1.73)	2.16 ↑ (2.15)

The most likely Over/Under: 8.00

The most likely Handicap: 1 (-2)

The best margin for this event is 1.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Kansas City Royals
55.3%

Athletics
44.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

55.5%

44.5%

Our Initial ML Estimation

54.9%

45.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Kansas City Royals has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.2%)

Athletics has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.2%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Kansas City Royals than the current prediction. (-0.4%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Athletics than the current prediction. (+0.4%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
60%	0%	40%

Kansas City Royals - Athletics Predictions

Users Predictions: 5 users predict this event. Kansas City will win (votes: 3 - 60%). Athletics will win (votes: 2 - 40%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 5:3

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Lineups

Batters
12. Loftin N.	33. Bolte H.
7. Witt B.	22. McNeil J.
11. Garcia M.	20. Gelof Z.
13. Perez S.	4. Butler L.
9. Pasquantino V.	3. Muncy M.
1. Collins I.	26. Cortes C.
2. Tolbert T.	10. Serven B.
19. Massey M.	29. Walton D.
18. Maile L.	2. Hernaiz D.
Pitchers
62. Dobnak R.	61. Jump G.
Coaches
. Quatraro M.	. Kotsay M.

Preview

In this match, only outsiders will meet (ranked 13 and 15).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Kansas City won 3.

Kansas City is showing really good form (last 5 games: 4 wins).

Athletics has been struggling lately (in the last 5 games, wins – 1).

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Kansas City won 10 matches, drew 1 match, lost 9 matches, and goals 84:88. (average 4.2:4.4).

Including home matches between the teams, Kansas City won 6 matches, drew 1 match, lost 3 matches, and goals 49:42. (average 4.9:4.2).

Last Results with these Odds

Kansas City Royals - the odds 1.73 are the expected chance of winning is 55.48%, but this team recently wins 61% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Kansas City Royals
MLB
19.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:7 ✺
18.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	4:3 ✺
17.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:5 ✺
16.08.26	Los Angeles Angels - Kansas City Royals	0:3 ✺
15.08.26	Los Angeles Angels - Kansas City Royals	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 10.3 WWWWL
- Athletics Baseball
MLB
19.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:7 ✺
18.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	4:3 ✺
17.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:5 ✺
16.08.26	Athletics - Texas Rangers	5:2 ✺
15.08.26	Athletics - Texas Rangers	3:5 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.2 LLLWL

Latest Head to Head

MLB
19.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:7
18.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	4:3
17.08.26	Kansas City Royals - Athletics	9:5
30.04.26	Athletics - Kansas City Royals	6:3
29.04.26	Athletics - Kansas City Royals	5:2
28.04.26	Athletics - Kansas City Royals	1:4
MLB Spring Training
14.03.26	Athletics - Kansas City Royals	12:1

Kansas City Royals - Athletics: Predictions, Live Scores & TV Guide