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EAGAN, Minn. – The Vikings are looking to boost their scoring in home games, but they will be facing a stingy Packers defense that ranks third in the NFL in scoring (18.0 points against per game).

In five road games, Minnesota has averaged 29.8 points per game, and opponents have averaged 28.6. That means the teams have combined to score an average of 58.4 in those contests.

In four home games, Minnesota has averaged 14.4 per game, and opponents have averaged 13.6, for a total average of 28 points per contest.

Often known for prolific scoring — Aaron Rodgers threw 48 touchdown passes just last season — this year’s Packers squad has leaned on its defense.

There is a bit of a historical precedent of doing so. Green Bay has finished in the top three in scoring defense in each of the four seasons it has gone on to win a Super Bowl.

At 8-2 so far this season, the Packers currently would be the top seed in the NFC Playoffs.

Minnesota (4-5) snapped a two-game losing skid by ratcheting up its aggressiveness against the Chargers in all three phases. The offense took multiple shots down the field, and the defense was rewarded for timely blitzes.

Special teams was prepared to do a second fake punt in as many weeks after going more than four years (September 2017 to November 2021) without such a play.

At Baltimore in Week 9, the Vikings succeeded on a fake punt for the first time since Week 17 of the 2015 NFL season at Green Bay (Adam Thielen rushed for 41 yards on the opening drive of an eventual division-clinching win).