NFL Sunday Night Football will feature a huge clash between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers tonight in Week 5 of the NFL 2016 regular season. The game has a scheduled start time of 8.30 p.m. ET and takes place from Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The game can be watched on TV on the NBC network or online through live stream via the link below.

The New York Giants will be desperate to get back to winning ways today, and know a victory is vital if they are to remain competitive in the NFC East.

Last week they suffered a bad loss on Monday Night Football in their game against the Minnesota Vikings.

The Giants' offense was never able to really get going as the Vikings came out on top 24-10.

Heading into the final quarter the Giants had only scored a solitary field goal and were 17-3 down, and even though they pushed in the fourth the game was already over and the Vikings ran out to a hard earned but ultimately easy victory.

The Giants are now on 2-2 and know that if they fall into the negative record territory it will be a long way back for them especially with the Cowboys and Eagles pushing hard.

They will be hoping to gain a third win of the season today to act as a springboard for a good run of form whereby they can get a series of wins together and establish themselves as real competitors in the division for a playoff spot.

The Packers meanwhile did not play last week and come into today's clash having had a week to prepare and rest.

They are 2-1 and the last time they were out they claimed a well earned 34-27 victory over the Detroit Lions.

They will also be desperate to win today to go 3-1, and will not want to fall back to 2-2 in what will likely be a tight season.

Earlier this week on NFL Thursday Night Football the Arizona Cardinals gained a valuable road win over the San Francisco 49ers.

Both teams entered the clash on 1-3, and both knew that they were facing almost must-win situations to salvage their seasons.

Following a tense first half the teams were level on 7-7, but the second half saw the Cardinals turn the screw and they pulled away to win the encounter 33-21.

The result moved the Cardinals onto a much more respectable 2-3 although they still have a lot more work to do over the coming few weeks to get themselves back into postseason contention. The 49ers meanwhile suffered their fourth defeat of the season in just five weeks and that leaves their season more or less in tatters. It's hard to see how they can turn their season around from here, and already it may be more about re-building for next season than having any realistic chance of making a run for the Playoffs this year.

Arizona managed to claim 17 points from three turnovers by the 49ers in the game, including two interceptions by Blaine Gabbert as well as a a fumble kickoff return by Chris Davis.

49ers coach Chip Kelly said after the game: "I don't think anybody played well on offense. Nobody. I don't think we protected well enough, I don't think we threw it well enough and we had too many drops and two interceptions."

Meanwhile, defensive lineman Calais Campbell said, "We've been saying all week it just starts with one. Just get one win and try to stack them. We've been a team in the past that can rip off a bunch of them. ... Now we have to figure out what we can do to keep that ball rolling."

Week 5 continues today with a big NFL Sunday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers, which has a start time of 8.30 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the NBC network or online through live stream by clicking here.