MINNESOTA (2-8) at GREEN BAY (5-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE – Packers by 5
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Minnesota 4-6, Green Bay 4-6
SERIES RECORD – Packers lead 56-49-1
LAST MEETING – Packers beat Vikings 44-31, Oct. 27, 3013
LAST WEEK – Vikings lost to Seahawks 41-20; Packers lost to Giants 27-13
AP PRO32 RANKING – Vikings No. 30, Packers No. 14
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (T16), PASS (25)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (14), PASS (29)
PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (6), PASS (5)
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (18), RUSH (T12), PASS (21)
STREAKS, STATS ANS NOTES – 106th meeting between teams, Vikings’ most common opponent in franchise history. … Meeting of two teams in bottom fourth of NFL in turnover margin, with Vikings at minus-8 (tied for 27th) and Packers at minus-6 (tied for 24th). … RB Adrian Peterson needs one TD rushing to have at least 10 in each of first seven seasons. Coach Leslie Frazier said he was ”cautiously optimistic” at midweek that Peterson (groin) will play. … DE Brian Robison has three sacks in past three games. … KR Cordarrelle Patterson’s 962 kickoff return yards are most by Vikings player through first 10 games of season. Patterson set NFL record last time teams met with 109-yard kickoff return for touchdown. … Packers looking to avoid first three-game home losing streak since losing first three games at Lambeau Field in 2006. … Packers did not allow sack last week against Giants, first time since Week 4 last season against Saints. … RB Eddie Lacy has 645 yards rushing over last seven games, tops in NFL in that span. … LB Clay Matthews has at least one sack in each of last four games against Vikings. … QB Scott Tolzien set to become first Packers QB other than Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers to start back-to-back games since Don Majkowski started first three games in 1992.
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