Super Bowl 2017 live stream: New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons start time, odds, everything you need to know

Super Bowl 51 is nearly here! The annual sporting extravaganza, emanating from the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, will feature a showdown between the dynastic New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons.

While, Matt Ryan, the 2016-17 NFL MVP, and the Falcons are seeking their franchise-first Super Bowl title, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are primed to add championship No. 5 to further their legacy as the greatest quarterback-coach duo in history. Either way, history will be made Sunday evening as millions around the world tune in to catch a glimpse of America's most cherished annual showpiece event.

Despite thier historically-great offense (33.8 points per game), the Falcons enter Sunday's game as the underdogs seeing as Brady is 4-0 against Atlanta during his career. The three-time Super Bowl MVP has a career passer rating of 115.7 against the Falcons highlighted by nine touchdowns (88 of 131 for 1,193 yards). On the other hand, Ryan, in his two career stats against the Bill Belichick-coached defence, was kept to just 620 yards (51 of 82) with a passer rating of 88.5. The Patriots have clearly had Ryan's number.

But those past meetings are irrelevant as Ryan & the Falcons are fresh off stellar victories against the Green Bay Packers (NFC Championship) and Seattle Seahawks (Divisional Playoffs) and are marching into Houston with the confidence to overrun the NFL's best defence (No. 1 in points allowed), besides bringing the city of Atlanta its first major sports championship since the Braves won the World Series in 1995.

Super Bowl 51: Battle between Falcon's offense and Patriots' defence

The Falcons boast of an explosive offensive line but their defence ranked 27th during the regular season (points allowed) and the NFC champions will field four rookies against Brady & Co. "When you have this many young guys feeling their way and making strides quickly -- that's the most important thing -- we don't really look at the risk side of things. They wouldn't be in there if they weren't ready. They've earned it," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said, via ESPN, when asked if he was worried about his inexperienced squad.

Meanwhile, future Hall-of-Famer Belichick will participate in his 10th Super Bowl (seven as head coach, three as an assistant) and knows what it takes to get the job done when the stakes are at their highest. "It is a great privilege to be here and represent the AFC in this game. It is where you want to be at the end of the year. We are here this year. We are proud to be here."

Jonathan Babineaux, Atlanta's key defensive tackle, knows that his team will have it hands full trying to stop Tom Brady, who has the opportunity to surpass Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw as the winningest quarterback in history. "Tom Brady is a future Hall of Fame quarterback. It's hard to stop a guy like that that knows defences. He's seen it all. The thing that we have to do is rattle him and make sure he's not comfortable in the pocket. We know in this league that the ball comes out 2.4, 2.5 (seconds) 90 percent of the time, so any way we can affect him by getting our hands up, or getting a hit and getting him rattled, anything we can do to disrupt him is going to be great for us."

Super Bowl 2017: Everything you need to know

When: Sunday, Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m. (ET) 3:30 p.m. (PT)
In Australia: Monday, Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m. (AEST) 10:30 a.m. (AEDT)
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
TV: FOX (USA), ESPN, Seven Network (Australia)
Announcers: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Chris Myers
Super Bowl Odds: Patriots -3, 58.5 (via Odds Shark)
Halftime show: Lady Gaga
Referee: Carl Cheffers

Super Bowl LI Live Stream: How to watch Super Bowl 51 in Australia
USA: Verizon NFL Mobile | FOX Sports Go
Australia: Foxtel Go | Plus 7 | Watch ESPN
Global: NFL Game Pass