The Green Bay Packers will travel to face the Minnesota Vikings in a week seventeen NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from Minnesota is scheduled for 4:25PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting odds from this NFL game has the road team Green Bay Packers favored by -3 points with an over under line of 46 ½ points. Early money from the bettors has not moved this line as Green Bay remains favored by -3 points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current number of 47 points.
The Vikings and Packers met back on December 2nd with Green Bay posting the 23-14 home win as a -7 point betting favorite. The game landed under 47 points. NFL Trend: Green Bay Packers are 4-1 ATS in their past five meetings with the Minnesota Vikings.
Green Bay is the NFC North division champions but have plenty to play for on Sunday. By beating Minnesota they will most likely knock the Vikings out of the playoffs and teams don’t like facing division clubs in the postseason. With a win the Packers will clinch a first round bye in the playoffs. The Packers head to Minnesota with a record of 11-4 on the year. The team is 4-3 on the road. Green Bay is playing very good right now with four straight wins and nine wins in their past ten games. Green Bay crushes Tennessee at home last week by the score of 55-7 as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws for 342 yards and three touchdowns in the win. The improvement from the Packers has been on the defensive side of the football. They suddenly are 10th in total defense by allowing 329 yards per game. Over their past four games the Green Bay defense has allowed an average of 14 points a game. Looks like the team recovered from a 38-10 road defeat at the Giants on Thanksgiving Weekend. They seem to be under the radar right now but are a dangerous team right now as they are peaking at the right time.
The Minnesota Vikings host Green Bay at 9-6 on the year. They are 6-1 straight up at home. Minnesota controls their destiny for a playoff spot so with a win they will capture an NFC wildcard berth. They can still earn a playoff berth with a loss but they need losses by the Cowboys, Giants and Bears. Minnesota has won three straight games. They have managed through a difficult spot on the schedule with a back to back road wins. After a 36-22 win at St Louis they come right back and travel to a Houston Texas team looking to clinch home field throughout the playoffs and come away with the 23-6 win on the road as a +7 ½ point underdog. It was a great game by the Vikings defense to limit the explosive offense of Houston to just two field goals for the entire game.
