2021 · Week 3

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

30·28

49ers

San Francisco

QB Jimmy Garoppolo

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

SF -3.5

Total

50.5

Model margin

+0.8est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Packersedge map49ers
  • +0.136EPA / play+0.085
  • 48.9%Success rate45.5%
  • +0.222EPA / dropback+0.174
  • -0.003EPA / rush-0.024
  • 8.5%Explosive rate10.9%
  • +4.71CPOE+1.73
  • 43.8%Third-down rate40.6%
  • 61.0%Red-zone TD rate74.8%
  • 2.45Points / drive2.30
  • 1.0%Turnover rate2.0%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 13–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.8 points. SF are 8-11-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W12SF @ GB1038GB
2023 · playoffsGB @ SF2124SF
2021 · playoffsSF @ GB1310SF
2020 · W9GB @ SF3417GB
2019 · playoffsGB @ SF2037SF
2019 · W12GB @ SF837SF
2018 · W6SF @ GB3033GB
2015 · W4GB @ SF173GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers23/3326120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones19824.31
AJ Dillon6183.00

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jimmy Garoppolo25/4025721

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Trey Sermon10313.11
George Kittle199.00
Brandon Aiyuk188.00
Jimmy Garoppolo144.00
Trey Lance111.01
Deebo Samuel Sr.200.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
George Kittle79920
Deebo Samuel Sr.510520
Brandon Aiyuk46371
Mohamed Sanu36360
Trey Sermon2330

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +3.54.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.2%

Expected total

46.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.01
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+0.77