Get out the wings and chips and dip. It’s Super Bowl 51 on Sunday.

Here’s a preview of the big football game that is known as much for the halftime show and creative commercials as the action on the field.

Matchup: AFC champion New England Patriots play NFC champion Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Feb. 5. Kickoff, 6:30 p.m. Televised on FOX. Location: NRG Stadium in Houston, formerly known as Reliant Stadium.

Announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth; Erin Andrews and Chris Myers on the sidelines.

Cost of 30-second commercial: $5.02 million.

National Anthem singer: Country singer Luke Bryan.

Halftime headliner: Lady Gaga.

Team records: New England 16-2; Atlanta 13-5

Favorite: Patriots by 3.

Team itinerary: The Patriots are staying at the JW Marriott Houston at the Houston Galleria and practicing at the University of Houston; the Falcons are staying at the Westin Houston, Memorial City and practicing at Rice University.

Track record: The Patriots have been to eight Super Bowls, winning four; the Falcons lost their only Super Bowl appearance to the Denver Broncos in 1998.

Coaches: Bill Belichick is 201-71 overall and 24-9 in the playoffs since becoming the Patriots coach in 2000. He won Super Bowls in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2015.

The Falcons’ Dan Quinn is 19-13 in two seasons in Atlanta. Quinn began his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg.

Quarterbacks: The Patriots’ Tom Brady has been the winning quarterback in four Super Bowls. With a victory in Houston, he will pass Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana, each with four victories.

The Falcons’ Matt Ryan, in his ninth season out of Boston College, passed for 4,994 yards and 38 touchdowns, ranking second in the NFL in both categories.

Leading targets: Julian Edelman had 98 catches for 1,106 yards this season for the Patriots; Julio Jones made 83 catches for 1,409 yards for the Falcons.

Rushing leaders: The Patriots’ LeGarrette Blount ran for 1,168 yards and leads the league with 18 touchdowns; the Falcons’ Devonta Freeman carried for 1,078 yards and 11 touchdowns.       

Over-under betting line: Is hovering around 60 points, meaning the total points predicted to be scored. That is the highest over-under in Super Bowl history. The highest scoring game in Super Bowl history was in 1995 when the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26, with a total of 75 points scored during the game.

Origins: First known as the Boston Patriots, the franchise began play in the old AFL in 1960. The team joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL merger and changed its name to the New England Patriots in 1971. The Atlanta Falcons began as an NFL expansion franchise in 1966.

Local connections: Damien Woody, who played for Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, was the Patriots’ center in Super Bowl victories over the St. Louis Rams in 2002 and the Carolina Panthers in 2004.

Jason Snelling, who played for L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield County, was the Falcons’ running back 2007 through 2013, rushing for 1,470 yards and catching passes for 1,249 yards. He had 18 career touchdowns.