Packers vs. Bears preview: Who has the advantage in Week 6?

Breaking down who has the advantage between the Packers and Bears for Sunday’s NFC North showdown.

The Green Bay Packers (4-1) and Chicago Bears (3-2) will do battle on Sunday at Soldier Field with first place in the NFC North on the line.

Both teams are riding high into the matchup. The Packers have won four straight games since the Week 1 debacle, while the Bears have rebounded from a 1-2 start by winning back-to-back games with rookie Justin Fields under center.

Football is a complicated game, but finding the reasons for winning individual matchups between teams is often a straightforward exercise. What wins games? Excellent quarterback play, winning the line of scrimmage, taking care of the football and taking it away, controlling the important situations and overcoming or taking advantage of the injury situation.

In our weekly preview series, Zach Kruse from Packers Wire and Alyssa Barbieri of Bears Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.