Green Bay Packers are slight favourites at 4/6 with Victor Chandler to win Super Bowl XLV when they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas next month

Pittsburgh are 6/5 to pick up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after edging out the New York Jets 24-19 to win the AFC Championship.

The Packers battled to a 21-14 defeat of Chicago in their Championship game after they led 14-0 when dominating the first half and a belated Bears fightback failed to pay dividends as the visitors reached the fifth Super Bowl in their history.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ended a flawless first drive by looping round from the one-yard line for a rushing touchdown and James Starks’ four-yard run doubled the lead early in the second.

Chicago’s task was further complicated as quarterback Jay Cutler limped off due to a knee injury and replacement Todd Collins was quickly replaced by third-string Caleb Hanie before the end of the third quarter.

However, the third-year pro made an impact, sending Johnny Knox inside the one-yard line with a 32-yard play before handing off to Chester Taylor to pound the ball home and cut the deficit to seven.

But Hanie was picked off by the hulking BJ "The Freezer" Raji, who converted the first interception of his career into his first touchdown and although Hanie hit Earl Bennett for a 35-yard touchdown at the end of a quickfire 81-second drive the Packers held on for victory.

In the AFC Championship game, the Steelers raced into a 24-0 lead with Rashard Mendenhall opening the scoring with a one-yard run to complete a 66-yard drive which took more than nine minutes off the clock.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger then ran in the second touchdown himself from two yards on another 66-yard drive and the game already looked lost for the Jets when William Gay recovered a fumble from quarterback Mark Sanchez and returned it 19 yards for a third Steelers’ touchdown.

A Nick Folk field goal, touchdowns from Santonio Holmes and Jerrico Cotchery, plus a safety helped New York pull back the deficit to five points but Pittsburgh were able to run out the clock and cling on for the win.