Buccaneers @ Packers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-5)

@ Green Bay Packers (13-3)

Current odds:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: (+150)

Green Bay Packers: (-170)

• The line for this game is Green Bay by 3.5 points.

• The beat down was so horrific that a possible rematch didn’t seem enticing at the time. But three months later, the fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers and top-seeded Green Bay Packers are clearly the best two teams in the conference and they will square off again in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The winner advances to the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 in a venue highly familiar to one of these teams — Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

• But flash back to Week 6 when the host Buccaneers spotted Green Bay 10 first-quarter points and then spent the rest of the game pounding and dismantling the Packers in a 38-10 shellacking. Tampa Bay star linebacker Devin White didn’t mince words afterward, saying the Packers “didn’t deserve to be on the field with us.” In the eyes of Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur, White’s words aren’t bulletin-board material. They are facts.

• Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw two interceptions — one returned for a touchdown by cornerback Jamel Dean — and was sacked four times while passing for just 160 yards. His accuracy rate (45.7 on 16-of-35 passing) was his worst of the season.

• Tampa Bay reached the NFC title game with a solid 30-20 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. The Packers advanced with a 32-18 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday. In fact, the Buccaneers also won at Washington this postseason and have won seven straight road games as they enter hallowed Lambeau Field while weather reports forecast a 50-percent chance of snow.

• Brady, a six-time Super Bowl champ, will be playing in his 14th career league championship final and went 9-4 in AFC title games during his stint with the New England Patriots. The 43-year-old has been performing like someone younger as he passed for 4,633 yards and set a franchise record with 40 touchdown passes in the regular season.

• Rodgers also had a stellar season with 4,299 yards and a franchise-record 48 touchdown passes and is a heavy favorite to win NFL MVP honors. He is playing in his fifth NFC title game and is looking to reach his second Super Bowl.

• Despite the sour outing against the Buccaneers, Rodgers and the Packers committed a league-low 11 turnovers in the regular season. Green Bay also features elite wideout Davante Adams, who led the NFL with 18 touchdowns receptions while making 115 catches for 1,374 yards.

• Tampa Bay led the league in defending the run (80.6 yards per game), second-year pro White (140 tackles, nine sacks) blossomed into one of the top linebackers in the NFL and wideout Mike Evans (NFL record seventh straight 1,000-yard season to begin a career) leads a deep group of targets.

• Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown (knee) will miss the game, while defensive tackle Vita Vea was activated. Vea suffered a broken lower leg on Oct. 8 against the Chicago Bears. Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) is questionable.

• Packers defensive end Kingsley Keke (concussion) will sit out. Cornerback Kevin King (back) is questionable.