Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers Prediction on January 10, 2026

Match info

This is the 2025–26 NFL playoffs (Wild Card round)—lose and your season ends, win and you advance to the Divisional Round. It’s also one of the biggest rivalry games in American sports, not only in men’s American football: Bears vs Packers, meeting in the postseason for only the third time in a rivalry dating to 1921.

Chicago enters as the NFC No. 2 seed (division champions), while Green Bay is the No. 7 seed, which makes this a classic “heavyweight vs dangerous underdog” playoff setup—with all the emotion of a rivalry layered on top. The kickoff is scheduled for 19:00 CST (Central Standard Time, local time) on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Soldier Field, Chicago (Illinois).

From the angle of sites for the best online American football betting, this matchup reads like a clash between Chicago’s rising, increasingly flexible offense and Green Bay’s efficient, big-play-capable system led by a steady quarterback.

Meeting statistics

Current form and & playstyle: Chicago Bears

Chicago finished 11–6, won the NFC North, and is hosting because it earned the No. 2 seed. Even though they closed the regular season with a 16–19 loss to Detroit on a last-second field goal, the bigger takeaway was how quickly they can change gears: they looked stuck early, then Caleb Williams ignited a late rally with two fourth-quarter touchdown passes.

Williams has been the centerpiece of the Bears’ identity shift—he set the franchise single-season passing record at 3,942 yards, and Chicago’s offense under head coach Ben Johnson has leaned into multiplicity: staying aggressive, using formations and concepts to keep defenses guessing, and being comfortable morphing week to week depending on what the matchup demands.

Current form & playstyle: Green Bay Packers  

Green Bay arrives at 9–7–1 as the No. 7 seed, but with a profile that fits “live underdog” in the playoffs: quarterback Jordan Love posted 3,381 passing yards, 23 TD, and just 6 INT in the regular season, which speaks to a team that can generate points without constantly giving games away.

Stylistically, the Packers typically aim to stress defenses with movement and spacing—using condensed looks, motion, and play-action concepts to generate explosive plays and create clean reads, rather than relying on pure isolation every snap.

Head-to-head

This is the most-played rivalry in NFL history:

Total meetings: 212
Series: Packers lead 109–97–6
Postseason: 1–1 (split)

There’s also a “rubber match” feel: they split the regular-season series, and both games were tight. Green Bay won 28–21 at Lambeau (Week 14), while Chicago won 22–16 (OT) at Soldier Field (Week 16).

Match analytics

We predict that the Bears will win a close one (something like a three-point margin). Home field at Soldier Field plus Chicago’s ability to win in multiple ways gives them the edge, but Green Bay’s efficiency with Love makes a one-score game feel likely. However, we suggest a bet that brings bigger profit and is still highly likely to occur. The total points market shapes up as a lower-scoring playoff game rather than a shootout.

Tip: Total (incl. OT), Under 46.0 at 1.90 odds on Sven-play.