The road to Super Bowl 57 continues on Saturday as the NFL play-offs begin with wildcard weekend.
Over the next three weeks, 12 games will be played to decide which two teams will play in the NFL Championship Game.
You’ll be able to follow live text commentary for every match on the BBC Sport website and app, as well as live commentary for select Sunday matches on Radio 5 Sports Extra.
There will be post-game video clips after each round before the big game in Arizona on Sunday, February 12.
Who will lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy?
The Kansas City Chiefs are the slight favorites, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes looking to lead them to a third Super Bowl in four years.
them and the Philadelphia Eagles finished the regular season with a 14-3 record to clinch the top seed in every conference – and a bye to the first week of the playoffs.
After a 6-3 start, the Buffalo Tickets showed why they started the season as Super Bowl favorites by winning their final seven games of the regular season.
They were also bolstered by the outpouring of support for Damar Hamlin after the Bills safety suffered a cardiac arrest in the penultimate game of the regular season.
The Cincinnati Bengalslast year’s Super Bowl finalist, enters the play-offs on an eight-game winning streak while the San Francisco 49ers have won their last 10, although they are now playing their third-choice quarterback due to injury.
How to follow the wildcard weekend
The BBC Sport website and app will offer live text commentary of all six matches on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
There will also be live radio commentary this Sunday on the New York Giants vs. Minnesota Vikings.
All times are in GMT and are subject to change at any time
saturday january 14
Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers (9:30 p.m.)
Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars (1:15 a.m. Sunday)
Sunday January 15
Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills (6:00 p.m.)
New York Giants vs. Minnesota Vikings (9:30 p.m.)
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals (1:15 a.m. Monday)
monday january 16
Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (01:15 Tue)
divisional round
Saturday 21 January – start of matches at 9:30 p.m. and 1:15 a.m. (Sunday)
Sunday 22 January – games start at 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Conference Championships
Sunday 29 January – games start at 8:05 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Super Bowl 57
Sunday February 12 – start of the match 11:30 p.m.
Where does the Super Bowl take place?
The Super Bowl is making a quick return to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, as State Farm Stadium has hosted the NFL Championship Game twice before – in 2008 and 2015.
Completed in 2006, “the big toaster” was built at a cost of $455 million and has a capacity of 73,000 people, with a retractable roof and a wheelchair-accessible grass pitch.
But with the Arizona Cardinals failing to reach the play-offs, there’s no way a team will play a Super Bowl in its own stadium, as has happened with the two previous winners – the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams.
Who’s doing the halftime show?
This year’s halftime entertainment marks Rihanna’s long-awaited return as the Barbadian singer prepares to make her first live performance in over five years.
In October 2019, Rihanna said she turned down the chance to play the halftime show in support of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who started the ‘take a knee’ protests.
What time will the Super Bowl start?
The scheduled kick-off time for UK fans on Sunday February 12 is 11.30pm, with the first half lasting around 90 minutes.
The halftime show will start around 01:00 and the game is expected to end around 03:00.
Why is the Super Bowl trophy named after Vince Lombardi?
The winning team will win the Vince Lombardi Trophy. It is named after NFL coach Vince Lombardi, who led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowls.
