The Kansas City Chiefs stayed on course for a fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years after winning another nail-biting play-off game against the Buffalo Bills.

Sunday’s divisional round match-up was eagerly anticipated after the AFC rivals produced a play-off classic two years ago, the Chiefs winning 42-36 in overtime.

And the rematch lived up to the hype as Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen again had a quarterback shootout before the defending champions held on for a 27-24 win during a nervy finale.

It is the third time in four years that Kansas City have knocked the Bills out of the play-offs – and this time they did it in Buffalo.

The Chiefs will now play in the AFC Championship game for a sixth straight year and are looking to become the first team to win back-to-back NFL titles since the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

Earlier, the Detroit Lions held off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win 31-23 and book a spot in the NFC Championship game for just the second time.

Both they and the Chiefs will visit the top seed in their conference next Sunday, with Kansas City taking on the Baltimore Ravens (20:00) before Detroit face the San Francisco 49ers (23:30).

More to follow.