The Minnesota Vikings will play their home playoff game in a rematch against the NY Giants. A game in which they won the first time around.

Even though the Vikings are favored by three, trends suggest they are on upset alert.

The last four years, the number six seed has won seven of eight games on Wild Card Weekend. Eight of the last nine years, in fact, a sixth seed has won their opening game.

A trend highlighted by NFL Network analyst Mark Ross. Lending confidence away from the Vikings.

"Historically, they got that in their favor… how well the Giants defense played in the first game. Well I thought it was the best offensive performance by the Giants offense, 425 total yards. They just kept beating themselves. Daniel Jones threw a bad interception, Daniel Bellinger fumbled the ball, and they had that blocked punt. So that's what really hurt the Giants. And still, it was just that 61-yard field goal as time expired that beat them.

… they have a lot of confidence going into this game against Minnesota that, yes, 'we' can role on offense, 'our' defense can get pressure, 'we' just cannot beat 'ourselves'. Which has been the formula all season for the Giants and their wins of playing mistake-free football in opportune moments coming through. So I would expect more of the same, NYG beating another six seed."

These trends tend to be more subjective to the side in which an analyst is leaning ahead of time. However, there are good reason for the Minnesota Vikings to consider.

NY is outscoring opponents by an average of 11.25 points over the last four games (2-2), despite allowing 1,336 total yards.

If the Vikings want to be taken seriously, breaking the trend is where it starts.

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