The Chicago Bears will take their rivalry with the Green Bay Packers to another level in the opening round of the NFL playoffs, and kickoff is less than a week away.
After capturing the No. 2 seed in the NFC, the Bears will host the Packers on Saturday in the Wild Card Round at Soldier Field. The game is scheduled to get underway at 7 p.m. and will be streamed Amazon’s Prime Video.
Viewers in the Chicago area will be able to watch the game Fox, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
For fans who would prefer to witness the action in person, tickets can be purchased on the Chicago Bears website.
The upcoming post-season match will be a rare meeting between the two foes.
The Bears and Packers have faced off more than 200 times in their history, but only two of those games have come in the playoffs. The first was in 1941 when the Bears defeated the Packers 33-14 to advance to the NFL Championship Game, which they won over the New York Giants the following week.
The teams didn’t meet again in the playoffs until 70 years later. But the Packers came out on top this time, as they won the 2011 NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field to advance to the Super Bowl.
The Bears have gotten to the playoffs largely on the strength of their offense, with the team finishing the season in the top-five in the NFL in terms of yards per game and in rushing yards per game.
If the Bears win against the Packers on Saturday, they would host a divisional round game at Soldier Field, with their opponent yet to be determined. The lowest-seeded team remaining in the playoffs would take on the Seattle Seahawks, with the other squad heading to Chicago to face the Bears.