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Who Do the San Francisco 49ers Play Next Week? Potential Opponents and Scenarios in 2024 NFL Playoff Bracket
The San Francisco 49ers had the luxury of spending Wild Card Weekend sitting on their sofas watching the chaos of the NFL playoffs with the rest of us. However, next week the 49ers will return to the field at home in Levi’s Stadium for a Divisional Round matchup, but who will they be facing?
With the assistance of the free PFN NFL Playoff Predictor, let’s examine San Francisco’s playoff scenarios in terms of its potential Divisional Round opponents and its path into the NFC Championship Game.
Who Will the San Francisco 49ers Face in the NFC Divisional Round?
After Sunday’s action, we already know that the 49ers will face the Green Bay Packers next Saturday evening. The No. 7 seed Packers upset the No. 2 seed Dallas Cowboys on the road at AT&T Stadium.
The way the NFL playoff bracket works means that the No. 1 seed in each conference will host the lowest-remaining seed from Wild Card Weekend. With the Packers being the No. 7 and lowest seed, we know that they will head to Santa Clara.
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San Francisco is playing in its third straight postseason, having lost in the NFC Championship Game in each of the last two years. The difference this year is that the 49ers are the No. 1 seed, having been the No. 5 seed in 2021 and the No. 2 seed in 2022. That gives them a tremendous advantage with home-field advantage and the bye on Wild Card Weekend.
If San Francisco is to win against Green Bay next week, it would be assured of hosting the NFC Championship Game the next week. The highest-seeded team in each matchup is always the host, so as the No. 1 seed, the 49ers will have the honor if they win in the Divisional Round.
As things stand entering Monday morning, San Francisco would host one of the Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or Philadelphia Eagles if they were to make it to the NFC Championship Game.
However, the Packers proved on Wild Card Weekend that they’re not going to go away quietly with a 48-32 win over the Cowboys. Green Bay has also beaten San Francisco in four of their last seven meetings, giving them a 38-33-1 advantage in the all-time records. Included in those four wins are three victories in games played at Levi’s Stadium.
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The positive spin on that for the 49ers is that in the last two postseason meetings, it has been San Francisco that has come out on top. In January 2022, the 49ers won a tough battle 13-10 in Lambeau Field when the Packers were the No. 1 seed. Back in January 2020, No. 1 seed San Francisco defeated No. 2 seed Green Bay 37-20 in an NFC Championship Game demolition.
This matchup is steeped in history, with the first matchup of the two teams having taken place way back in 1950 — a 25-21 Packers victory up in Wisconsin.
Their first postseason meeting was in the 1995 NFL season. That matchup carries some intriguing symmetry with the Packers going into Candlestick Park to face a 49ers team coming off a Wild Card Weekend bye. Green Bay will hope history repeats itself after they left that game with a 27-17 victory.
In all, they’ve met nine times in the playoffs, with San Francisco having a slender 5-4 advantage. That comes on the back of a four-game postseason win streak over the Packers. However, the 49ers have never gone on to secure a Lombardi Trophy after overcoming the Packers earlier in the playoffs, twice losing in the Super Bowl.
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Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
How to Watch San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers:
Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: MLB Network
Location: Dodgers Stadium
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
What time is Giants vs Dodgers?
Coverage of the San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers starts Monday, May 11, at 10:00 p.m ET. Tune in to see if the Dodgers can beat the Giants for the fifth time in the last six games at Dodger Stadium or if San Francisco can beat LA for the fourth time in the last five head-to-head matchups.
What channel is the Giants vs Dodgers game on?
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
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Where to watch Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants: TV channel, start time, streaming for May 10
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What time is Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants?
First pitch between the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 10.
How to watch Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants on Sunday
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