NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks for place in Super Bowl

It could get ugly, but whoever emerges from Sunday's blood-and-thunder encounter between the Seahawks and 49ers in Seattle will have truly earned their place in the Super Bowl.

Verdict This will be a street fight, make no mistake about it, and it is sure to be a close call in the end. Seattle have wonderful home form, but the 49ers have won two play-off games on the road and five in a row in all. They have it all to do facing the top seeds, at home, but if any team can go to Seattle and get a win then it is the 49ers - they look like a team thirsty to avenge last year's Super Bowl loss and if they fire on all cylinders they can make it to New York by the toughest means possible.