Super Bowl 59 brings us an intriguing powerhouse rematch between the AFC-champion Kansas City Chiefs and NFC-champion Philadelphia Eagles. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs (17-2) are eyeing the first three-peat in Super Bowl history. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles (17-3) are looking to put a dent in the K.C. dynasty and avenge a 38-35 loss to the Chiefs two years ago in Super Bowl 57. The festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.  Below we take a look at the the game odds and then map out each team’s most likely path to victory. New customers can bet on Super Bowl 59 while getting in on our top sports betting promo offers, which currently are worth up to $2,950 in sportsbook welcome bonuses (see below).     Super Bowl 59 odds: Chiefs remain slight favorites   The two-time defending-champion Chiefs opened as 1.5-point favorites at the neutral site.  But as of Friday, the line had dipped slightly at several of the top online sportsbooks with Kansas City now a 1-point favorite. Mahomes and Co. were a consensus -116 on the moneyline Friday with the underdog Eagles sitting at -103. The game total opened at 49.5 points but had moved down to 48.5 at most all of the leading sportsbooks as of Friday. Super Bowl 59: How the Chiefs can win It’s hard not to win when you just don’t lose — that often. Under the guidance of an experienced coaching staff headed by Andy Reid and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, Kansas City has won nine straight postseason games.  Mahomes is 17-3 in the playoffs, including a 3-1 Super Bowl record. He has 50 combined passing and rushing touchdowns in those 20 games with only eight interceptions. When not resting starters —as K.C. did Week 18 in Denver — the Chiefs have won 23 of their last 24 games overall. That includes an incredible 17 consecutive victories in one-score contests. While the Chiefs’ offensive production was down most of the season — they ranked 15th win an average of 22.6 points per game — Mahomes and Crew have averaged 27.8 over their last four victories. Getting wide receiver Marquise Brown and running back Isiah Pacheco back from months-long injury absences has helped considerably. Nate Weitzer, a sports betting analyst for our partner site The Lines, likes the the passel of Chiefs offensive options. “The Chiefs have seven legitimate receiving threats,” Weitzer writes in making his Kansas City championship case. “Acquiring DeAndre Hopkins and Marquise Brown while re-acquiring JuJu Smith-Schuster has given the Chiefs a stable of receivers to rotate into the game with fresh legs. And Xavier Worthy has given them the game-breaking speed they’ve missed since Tyreek Hill left.”  Meanwhile, All-Pro defensive lineman Chris Jones anchors a K.C. defense, which surrendered the league’s fourth-fewest points (19.2 per game) in the regular season. The Chiefs limited opposing running backs to the third-fewest yards (70.4) per game during the regular season. That’s a strength that will be particularly useful going up against the league’s rushing leader Sunday in the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley. And whether it’s been Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, the San Francisco 49ers’ star-studded offenses in two Super Bowls or Tom Brady, Randy Moss and the undefeated Patriots in 2007 when Spagnuolo was with the New York Giants, K.C.’s wily defensive coordinator seemingly always has the right counter at the right time. In short, this is an experienced and battle-tested Chiefs team with few weaknesses that’s going to be tough to beat. Super Bowl 59: How the Eagles can win Although they don’t have any Lombardi Trophies to show for it, the Eagles have nearly matched the Chiefs win for win over the last three seasons, compiling a 44-14 record to K.C.’s 49-11 mark. Philly started this season 2-2 but has won 15 of 16 games since, losing only to the Washington Commanders 36-33 on a last-second TD in Week 16. The Eagles have been one of the league’s best against the spread this season, going 13-7 (.650), including 3-0 straight-up and ATS as an underdog. Barkley, the runaway Offensive Player of the Year winner, led the league in rushing with 2,005 yards during the regular season and has added 442 more and five rushing TDs in three playoff games. Combined with dual-threat QB Jalen Hurts (39 combined passing and rushing TDs in 18 games) and a talented trio of pass-catchers in tight end Dallas Goedert and wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, the Eagles average 28.4 points per outing. The Eagles’ defense, though, is the team’s strength. “Philadelphia’s defense is arguably the strongest unit in this game, with no discernible weaknesses,” Weitzer writes while stating the Eagles’ title case at The Lines. “The Eagles struggled with some of the same personnel last season but have taken off since Week 5 under the guidance of veteran defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. They have allowed the fewest points per game (17.9), yards per play (4.8), and yards per game (289.3), with opponents converting on just 36.97% of third downs against their defense.” There are studs and standouts on every level of the Philly defense.  Game-wrecking defensive tackle Jalen Carter was a second-team All-Pro selection, linebacker Zack Baun was an NFL Defensive Player of the Year finalist and finished seventh in the league in total tackles while cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean were two of the five Defensive Rookie of the Year finalists. Coach Nick Sirianni’s Eagles fell just short in the three-point Big Game loss to the Chiefs two years ago. But now they’re are back with a better roster, an underdog mentality and a hunger for vengeance. That very well could be enough to best even Mahomes and the Chiefs.