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EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings are on the hunt for their first winning streak in 2018.




Minnesota, which earned a 23-21 win in Philadelphia in Week 5, will now go back domestic to U.S. Bank Stadium for a matchup with Arizona.


Kickoff against the Cardinals is noon (CT) Sunday.


The Vikings are 2-2-1 entering Week 6, and Arizona is 1-four.


The Cardinals were given a 28-18 win over the 49ers on Sunday, Arizona’s first victory of the season.

Here’s a examine 10 numbers of notice heading into Sunday’s matchup:


one hundred — The final time the Vikings played the Cardinals, cornerback Xavier Rhodes had a one hundred-backyard interception return for a landing. He additionally recorded his only career multi-interception overall performance inside the equal sport.


4 — The Vikings have received the four of the beyond 5 matchups towards the Cardinals, with each victory coming in Minnesota.

Five — Vikings shielding end Danielle Hunter leads Minnesota with 5.Zero sacks, and he has one sack in every recreation this season, which is the longest streak of his profession.


Three — Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins ranks within the pinnacle 10 in 3 extraordinary categories — completion percent (71.2 percentage), passing yards (1,688) and landing passes (11). Drew Brees, Jared Goff and Matt Ryan are also in that organization.


Eighty four — Vikings wide receivers Adam Thielen (forty seven) and Stefon Diggs (37) have eighty four mixed catches in 2018. They be a part of Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown (35) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (35) as the only wide receiver duo within the league to each rank within the top 10 in receptions.


1 — Vikings safety Harrison Smith’s first profession interception got here in 2012 towards Arizona. He returned the pick 31 yards for a landing.


37 — Cardinals running returned David Johnson has 37 profession blended touchdowns (dashing and receiving) with 3,608 general yards in just 38 career video games.


29.6 — Minnesota’s defense ranks 0.33 inside the NFL with a 3rd-down percentage of 29.6. The Vikings set an NFL file in 2017 with a percentage of 25.2.


2 — The Vikings have two shielding touchdowns in 2018 [a 64-yard fumble return by defensive tackle Linval Joseph and a 28-yard interception return by cornerback Mike Hughes]. That general is tied for second inside the NFL in the back of three scores by using the Bengals.


31 and 32 — The Vikings rank 31st inside the NFL in dashing yards in step with recreation (65.8), and the Cardinals rank 32nd (sixty four.6). Minnesota is permitting ninety nine.4 speeding yards in step with game (thirteenth inside the NFL), and Arizona is allowing 142.Four in line with time out (31st within the NFL).

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