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Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Lambeau Field

Latest game updateUpdated
Detroit Lions—Away
Green Bay Packers—Home

Game details

Location
Green Bay

Matchup preview

Detroit Lions 3–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 16
Green Bay Packers 3–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 14
2026 regular season, per game
MetricDETGB
Points per game (DET 5 games, GB 5 games)32.81st20.824th
Points allowed per game (DET 5 games, GB 5 games)29.629th22.415th
Total yards per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)389.36th331.417th
Passing yards per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)303.52nd281.64th
Rushing yards per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)102.018th60.432nd
Turnovers per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)0.31st1.214th
Sacks allowed per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)2.013th2.013th
Penalty yards per game (DET 4 games, GB 5 games)56.812th73.827th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. W 45–21 @ ARI Week 5
  2. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  3. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  4. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  5. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

Green Bay Packers: recent results

  1. W 31–7 vs CHI Week 5
  2. W 17–14 @ TB Week 4
  3. L 14–35 vs ATL Week 3
  4. W 20–17 (OT) @ NYJ Week 2
  5. L 22–39 @ MIN Week 1

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,485 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 504 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 372 yds · 5 g
Sacks
DJ Wonnum 4.0 · 3 g

Green Bay Packers: season leaders

Passing
Jordan Love 1,408 yds · 5 g
Rushing
MarShawn Lloyd 112 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Christian Watson 474 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Edgerrin Cooper 3.0 · 4 g

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ahmed Hassanein RDE
  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Bishop Fitzgerald FS
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Jackson Meeks TE
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller

4 more listed.

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Green Bay Packers: injury report

  • Out Aaron Banks LG
  • Out Anthony Campbell LDE
  • Out Donovan Jennings
  • Out Jacob Monk RG
  • Out Javon Hargrave NT
  • Out Jordon Riley NT
  • Out Josh Jacobs RB
  • Out Luke Musgrave TE

3 more listed.

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DET 18 · GB 36 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 13 GB 31, DET 24
  2. 2025 · Week 1 DET 13, GB 27
  3. 2024 · Week 14 GB 31, DET 34
  4. 2024 · Week 9 DET 24, GB 14
  5. 2023 · Week 12 GB 29, DET 22

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

DET 57.2% · GB 42.5%

Matchup quality 57.4 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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