Packers at Vikings: TV Channel, Streaming, Betting, Stats, Insight

The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are 7-8 heading into their New Year’s Eve showdown, which essentially is an NFC playoffs elimination game.

GREEN BAY Wis. – The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are in the same boat entering their primetime showdown at U.S. Bank Stadium. The winner will be alive and kicking in the NFC playoff race. The loser, essentially, will be dead.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of their New Year’s Eve matchup.

How to Watch Packers vs. Vikings

Date and time: 7:20 p.m. Sunday.

Location: U.S. Bank Stadium

TV: NBC (Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark).

Stream: fuboTV offers more than 100 channels and a free trial.

Radio: Packers Radio Network (Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren), Westwood One (Ryan Radtke and Mike Golic) and SiriusXM 82, 226 or SiriusXM.us/PackersSXM

What You Need to Know About Packers vs. Vikings

Referee: TBA.

Betting line: Vikings by 1.5 at SI Sportsbook. The line opened at 2.5 but fell on the Vikings’ injury news.

History lesson: The Packers lead 64-57-3 in the regular season and have split a couple playoff games. The Vikings are 31-30 at home.

Minnesota won 24-10 on Oct. 29 at Lambeau Field. Kirk Cousins threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns before suffering a torn Achilles that will keep him out for the rematch. T.J. Hockenson (who won’t play on Sunday) and Jordan Addison (who might not play on Sunday) combined for 13 receptions for 170 yards and two touchdowns. Justin Jefferson was on injured reserve for that game but will be in the lineup for Round 2.

Coaches: Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur is in his fifth season and has a career record of 54-27. He is 5-4 vs. the Vikings. Minnesota’s Kevin O’Connell is in his second season and has a career record of 20-12. He is 2-1 vs. LaFleur and the Packers.

In the rankings: Green Bay on offense ranks 11th in points per game (22.2), 16th in passing per play (6.54) and 10th in rushing per play (4.28). On defense, it ranks 17th in points per game (22.1), 23rd in passing per play (6.85) and 26th in rushing per play (4.51). It is even in turnovers and 20th in yardage differential (minus-21.5).

Minnesota on offense ranks 21st in points per game (20.9), eighth in passing per play (6.95) and 23rd in rushing per play (3.93). On defense, it ranks 10th in points per game (19.9), 13th in passing per play (6.26) and fifth in rushing per play (3.73). It is 30th in turnovers (minus-9) and ninth in yardage differential (plus-29.3).

In the power rankings: At Sports Illustrated, the Packers are 20th and the Vikings are 19th.

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Four-Point Stance

One: Vikings outside linebacker Danielle Hunter, who is third in the league with 15.5 sacks, has at least one full sack in 11 of his 15 games this season. That’s the most in the NFL and one off Jared Allen’s franchise record. He had one sack and two forced fumbles in the victory over Green Bay in Week 8. Surprisingly, he’s been slightly more productive on the road (nine sacks in eight games) than at home (6.5 sacks in seven games).

Two: From Kirk Cousins to Jaren Hall to Joshua Dobbs to Nick Mullens. Those four have started games at quarterback for the Vikings this season, the most in franchise history. Who will start on Sunday against Green Bay is the big question. Whoever the quarterback, he’ll have weapons. With receivers Jordan Addison, Justin Jefferson and K.J. Osborn and tight end T.J. Hockenson, the Vikings are one of two teams in the NFL with four players with at least 45 catches for 500 receiving yards and three touchdowns. (San Francisco is the other team.) Hockenson, however, is out following a season-ending knee injury.

Three: While Hockenson (and maybe Addison) will be out for Sunday night, Jefferson is back after missing the first matchup while on injured reserve. In his fourth season, Jefferson has 5,648 receiving yards for his career. That’s the most in NFL history, with Jefferson breaking the record previously held by the Saints’ Michael Thomas by piling up 141 yards in the loss to Detroit on Sunday. Jefferson’s 375 receptions are the third-most through four seasons, trailing only Thomas (470) and Jarvis Landry (400).

Four: Packers QB Jordan Love is tied with Dallas’ Dak Prescott and San Francisco’s Brock Purdy with a league-high seven games of multiple touchdown passes and zero interceptions. According to the Packers’ Dope Sheet via Stathead, only Purdy and Hall of Famer Dan Marino (eight apiece) have more such games in their first 16 career starts dating to 1970.

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