Week 14 of the NFL season gets underway with a mouth-watering NFC North matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Thursday Night Football.
The Lions are the form team in the NFL having won 10-straight games, with their most recent win coming against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving as they won a nail-biter that finished 23-20.
They have been hugely productive on both sides of the football, leading the NFL in Points Per Game (31.9) and trailing only the Los Angeles Chargers in Points Against Per Game (16.9).
Detroit sit top of the NFC North with an 11-1 record - tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the best record in the NFL - and have already beaten Thursday's opponents back in Week 9 when Dan Campbell's men eased to a 24-14 victory.
The Packers fell to 6-3 as a result of the loss to the Lions, but they will be heading into Thursday night's game full of confidence having won their following last three games against the Chicago Bears, the San Francisco 49ers and the Miami Dolphins.
They currently occupy the second wildcard spot in the NFC playoff picture, but will know that a win over the Lions would take them just one game behind their division rivals with four games remaining in the regular season with everything left to play for.
Injury Report
Green Bay Packers
The Packers will be holding their breath on the status of wide receiver Romeo Doubs who is dealing with a concussion. He was a limited participant on Monday and Tuesday's injury report, but he must clear the NFL's concussion protocols in order to play against Detroit.
There were also question marks surrounding Green Bay's Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander and their big name off-season acquisition Josh Jacobs who continue to deal with knee and calf issues respectively, but both were limited participants in practice on Monday and Tuesday which bodes well for their chances of playing on Thursday.
Detroit Lions
Detroit have had horrific luck when it comes to injuries this season with 18 of their players currently on the Injury/Reserve List, including their Pro Bowl edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson.
Left-tackle Taylor Decker missed Detroit's Week 13 win over the Chicago Bears with a knee injury and head coach Campbell admitted on Monday that it will come down to the wire whether or not Decker is able to play on Thursday, although it now looks unlikely he will feature after missing practice on both Monday and Tuesday.
Both Josh Paschal and Levi Onwuzurike also missed both days of practice this week having suffered injuries during the win over Chicago, although some good news for Lions fans is that the cornerback duo of Carlton Davis III and Emmanuel Moseley were full participants in practice on Tuesday and look set to play against the Packers.
Key Players
Jordan Love - Green Bay Packers
It is hard to find a weakness in this Detroit Lions team, but one area where they have not been so effective this season is their pass defence. They rank 25th in the league in Passing Yards Allowed Per Game (226.8), and Jordan Love will no doubt be looking to exploit this on Thursday night.
Having struggled throughout the season with turning the ball over, Love has now gone two straight games without throwing an interception and put on a clinic during the Packers' Week 13 win over the Dolphins, throwing for 274 yards and two touchdowns with a passer rating of 129.2.
Love looks to have found his best form at exactly the right time for the Packers, and if his team are to cause an upset against the Lions, Love will need to produce another clean and efficient performance.
David Montgomery & Jahmyr Gibbs - Detroit Lions
It would be unfair to pick between the two given how dynamic and deadly they have been as a duo in the backfield this season.
David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs have formed one of the best running back tandems in the NFL, with much of Detroit's success this season coming courtesy of the pair that fans are starting to give the rather appropriate nickname of Sonic and Knuckles to.
Montgomery has scored 11 touchdowns and rushed for 720 yards this season whilst his partner Gibbs has 11 touchdowns to his name along with 973 rushing yards, and they are on track to become the first running back duo to rush for over 1,000 yards each in a single season since Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers in 2009.
They will have their work cut out against a Packers defence who ranks eighth in the league in Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game (106.6), but only Chicago in Week 14 have been able to stop either back from scoring a touchdown in a game so far this season.
Where and When
The game will be played in Detroit, Michigan at Ford Field on Thursday 6th December. The game will kick-off at 20:15 ET/17:15 PT/01:15 BST.
How to watch
The game will be broadcast live on Prime Video for the US audience, whilst UK viewers will be able to watch the game on the Sky Sports Main Event channel.
