2024 · Week 12

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brandon Allen

10·38

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 43°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

GB -6.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

+9.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

49ers

Packers

Win probability

  • Packers
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Packers wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapPackers
  • +0.063EPA / play+0.081
  • 46.0%Success rate44.8%
  • +0.142EPA / dropback+0.182
  • -0.059EPA / rush-0.030
  • 10.5%Explosive rate11.7%
  • +1.77CPOE+1.37
  • 43.1%Third-down rate37.6%
  • 57.5%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 2.24Points / drive2.38
  • 2.3%Turnover rate1.7%

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. GB are 11-8-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · playoffsGB @ SF21–24SF
2021 · playoffsSF @ GB13–10SF
2021 · W3GB @ SF30–28GB
2020 · W9GB @ SF34–17GB
2019 · playoffsGB @ SF20–37SF
2019 · W12GB @ SF8–37SF
2018 · W6SF @ GB30–33GB
2015 · W4GB @ SF17–3GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSF–GB
GBQ1 15:001377Touchdown0–7
SFQ1 7:3538Punt0–7
GBQ1 4:55949Field goal0–10
SFQ1 0:11413Punt0–10
GBQ2 13:291371Touchdown0–17
SFQ2 6:331175Touchdown7–17
GBQ2 1:02521Punt7–17
SFQ2 0:0600End of half7–17
SFQ3 15:00835Turnover on downs7–17
GBQ3 10:4730Punt7–17
SFQ3 9:19645Turnover7–17
GBQ3 5:4949Touchdown7–24
SFQ3 4:28544Field goal10–24
GBQ3 2:12415Punt10–24
SFQ3 0:413-1Punt10–24
GBQ4 14:4532Punt10–24
SFQ4 12:3710Turnover10–24
GBQ4 12:30316Touchdown10–31
SFQ4 10:59123Turnover10–31
GBQ4 10:511056Touchdown10–38
SFQ4 4:1448Turnover on downs10–38
GBQ4 3:1949Turnover on downs10–38
SFQ4 1:132-8End of half10–38

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brandon Allen17/2919911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey11312.80
Jordan Mason382.70
Brandon Allen252.50

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love13/2316320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs261064.13
Emanuel Wilson9414.60
Chris Brooks4112.80
Bo Melton155.00
Christian Watson144.00
Jordan Love122.00

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 +6.52.5%5.1%6.8%3.1%4.9%3.5%3.5%2.9%2.6%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

4.91%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

73.7%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.02
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.97
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+9.69