2025 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB J.J. McCarthy

6·23

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 43°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

GB -6.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+1.3est.

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.

Vikings

Packers

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapPackers
  • -0.094EPA / play+0.122
  • 43.3%Success rate48.0%
  • -0.115EPA / dropback+0.274
  • -0.062EPA / rush-0.076
  • 8.4%Explosive rate10.3%
  • -2.84CPOE+5.62
  • 32.4%Third-down rate48.8%
  • 55.7%Red-zone TD rate62.5%
  • 1.75Points / drive2.39
  • 2.7%Turnover rate1.3%

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 31–24–2 since 1999

MIN have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.8 points. GB are 28-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1GB @ MIN22–39MIN
2025 · W18GB @ MIN3–16MIN
2024 · W17GB @ MIN25–27MIN
2024 · W4MIN @ GB31–29MIN
2023 · W17GB @ MIN33–10GB
2023 · W8MIN @ GB24–10MIN
2022 · W17MIN @ GB17–41GB
2022 · W1GB @ MIN7–23MIN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultMIN–GB
MINQ1 15:00631Field goal3–0
GBQ1 12:53846Touchdown3–7
MINQ1 9:15620Punt3–7
GBQ1 5:04927Punt3–7
MINQ1 1:031058Turnover on downs3–7
GBQ2 10:261368Field goal3–10
MINQ2 2:25732Field goal6–10
GBQ2 0:1000End of half6–10
GBQ3 15:00622Punt6–10
GBQ3 11:3725Touchdown6–17
MINQ3 10:5332Punt6–17
GBQ3 8:45729Punt6–17
MINQ3 4:213-12Punt6–17
GBQ3 2:05743Field goal6–20
MINQ4 12:133-12Punt6–20
GBQ4 10:17424Field goal6–23
MINQ4 7:3610Turnover6–23
GBQ4 7:3031Punt6–23
MINQ4 5:46526Turnover6–23
GBQ4 3:37525End of half6–23

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
J.J. McCarthy12/198702

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Mason8425.30
Aaron Jones9414.60
J.J. McCarthy2105.00
T.J. Hockenson100.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love14/2113900
Malik Willis1/1700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Emanuel Wilson281073.82
Chris Brooks8212.60
Jordan Love3155.00
Malik Willis231.50
Savion Williams100.00

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 +6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

4.59%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.44
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.26