Statistical Breakdown: How Bears and Packers stack up before wild card

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The Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers in the wild card playoffs, where Chicago is looking for its first postseason win since 2011.

The Bears are coming off a disappointing 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions, where Chicago came out flat for three quarters on offense. Of course, they found a way to march back in the fourth quarter, thanks to a pair of Caleb Williams touchdown drives, but it was too little too late. The Bears defense also continued to struggle, whether it was against the run or in coverage. It wasn't the way Chicago wanted to stroll into the postseason.

Now, Chicago will look to record its first win since its previous victory over Green Bay in Week 16. Can the Bears win back-to-back games over the Packers? Here's how Chicago and Green Bay stack up statistically ahead of Saturday night's matchup.

Stats courtesy of Team Rankings, The Football Database, ESPN and PickWatch.

Scoring Offense​

Bears: 25.9 PPG (9th)

Packers: 23.0 PPG (16th)

Passing Offense​

Bears: 225.1 YPG (10th)

Packers: 212.8 YPG (17th)

Rushing Offense​

Bears: 144.2 YPG (3rd)

Packers: 119.8 YPG (15th)

Total Offense​

Bears: 369.2 YPG (6th)

Packers: 332.6 YPG (15th)

Penalties​

Bears: 57.1 penalty YPG (26th)

Packers: 48.1 penalty YPG (13th)

Sacks Allowed​

Bears: 24 (3rd)

Packers: 29 (T-7th)

Turnover Margin​

Bears: +22 (1st)

Packers: +1 (T-12th)

Scoring Defense​

Bears: 24.4 PPG (23rd)

Packers: 21.2 PPG (11th)

Passing Defense​

Bears: 227.2 YPG (22nd)

Packers: 194.1 YPG (11th)

Rushing Defense​

Bears: 134.5 YPG (27th)

Packers: 117.7 YPG (18th)

Total Defense​

Bears: 361.8 YPG (29th)

Packers: 311.8 YPG (12th)

Sacks​

Bears: 35 (T-22nd)

Packers: 36 (T-20th)

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Bears vs. Packers: How they stack up statistically ahead of wild card

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