KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/1/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: KT (-196) Kia (+162)

Hyun Soo Kim and the KT Wiz (82-49, 1st in KBO) travel to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, October 1, 2026, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (72-59, 4th in KBO). The Wiz open this matchup at -196 while the Tigers are coming in at +162. The over/under is set at 9.

The Wiz have tallied 224 doubles as a unit and have knocked 108 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging rate of .407 and have struck out 1,042 times, while taking a walk on 557 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are knocking in 5.7 runs per contest, which is 3rd in KBO. They have 711 RBI's as well as 1,330 base knocks this year, while their team batting average is sitting at .282. They have 764 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .365.

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Hyun Soo Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Kim has hit .308 for his career in baseball, with 1,384 runs scored and an OPS of .853. He has gone down on strikes 1,148 times and earned a walk on 1,201 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .389 OBP. For his career, Kim has hit 281 balls over the fence while driving in 1,656 runs. His slugging percentage is .464 and he has totaled 4,272 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 10,623 times and has delivered with a base knock 2,839 times.

The Wiz have stolen 86 bases and have been thrown out 25 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 22.5%. The KT Wiz are sitting with 3,627 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,348 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which is 3rd in the league and have a total of 122 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 118 home runs and 631 total runs (7th in KBO). KT has yielded 1,269 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 577 earned runs. The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.30 on the campaign (4th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 1,075 batters.

Kia has 162 home runs so far this season in addition to 680 RBIs. They have recorded 236 two-baggers, while walking 483 times as well as racking up 709 runs. The Kia Tigers have an on-base percentage of .348 as well as a batting average of .272 so far this season. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .437 and they tally 5.33 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,046 occasions (4th in KBO) and have tallied 1,247 hits.

Sung Bum Na is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Na has earned a walk 589 times while striking out on 1,558 attempts. He has compiled 1,110 runs and racked up 1,191 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .380 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .915. He has hit the long ball 312 times, in addition to having 3,288 total bases and also a .535 slugging percentage. For the 6,148 at-bats in his career, Na has accumulated a batting average of .311 with 1,909 hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 110 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (6th in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 1,207 assists, 93 errors and have a total of 3,542 putouts on the season. Of their 123 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 101 times and been caught 22 times (17.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.396 and have a FIP of 4.72 as a squad on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.97 (979 strikeouts vs 496 walks). They sit at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,151. They have relinquished 124 dingers and they relinquish 4.72 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have given up 619 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.29 (562 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (+162)

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