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MINNESOTA (6-1) At GREEN BAY (4-2)

OPENING LINE - Packers by 3 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Minnesota 4-3; Green Bay 4-2

SERIES RECORD - Packers lead 49-47-1

LAST MEETING - Vikings beat Packers 30-23, Oct. 5, 2009

LAST WEEK - Vikings lost to Steelers 27-17; Packers beat Browns 31-3

VIKINGS OFFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (12), PASS (13)

VIKINGS DEFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (10), PASS (20)

PACKERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (13), PASS (10)

PACKERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (12) PASS (4)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Brett Favre faces former team for second time in less than a month - but this time, it's at Lambeau Field, where Favre became franchise icon over 16 NFL seasons before being traded to New York Jets last year. ... Packers held Adrian Peterson to 55 yards rushing in teams' first meeting, but Favre threw for 271 yards and three TDs. ... Packers coach Mike McCarthy is 5-2 against Vikings coach Brad Childress, but Vikings have won last two meetings. ... Thirteen of last 14 games between teams have been decided by seven points or less, lone exception being Packers' 34-0 victory at Lambeau Field in 2007. ... Minnesota is coming off its first loss of season, while Packers gave up total of three points in back-to-back wins over Detroit and Cleveland. ... Vikings K Ryan Longwell is Packers' all-time leading scorer with 1,054 points in nine seasons (1997-2005). ... Vikings could be without CB Antoine Winfield (foot), WR Bernard Berrian (hamstring) and LB E.J. Henderson (knee). ... Packers gave up whopping eight sacks to Vikings in Oct. 5 meeting, including 4 1/2 to Jared Allen. But Packers could get back LT Chad Clifton from nagging ankle injury, and recently re-signed veteran Mark Tauscher could be an option at right tackle. ... Packers could be without TE Jermichael Finley (knee), who caught six passes for 128 yards and a touchdown in first meeting. ... RB Ryan Grant is coming off best performance of 2009, gaining 148 yards at Cleveland.

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