CINCINNATI (8-4-1) at CLEVELAND (7-6)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox.OPENING LINE — Bengals by 2 1/2.RECORD VS. SPREAD — Cincinnati 6-7, Cleveland 8-5.SERIES RECORD — Bengals lead 43-39.LAST MEETING — Browns beat Bengals 24-3, on Nov. 6.LAST WEEK — Bengals lost to Steelers 42-21; Browns lost to Colts 25-24.AP PRO32 RANKING — Bengals No. 12, Browns No. 20.BENGALS OFFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (10), PASS (20).BENGALS Defence — OVERALL (28), RUSH (27), PASS (21).BROWNS OFFENSE — OVERALL (13), RUSH (15), PASS (16).BROWNS Defence — OVERALL (20), RUSH (26), PASS (9).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — This installment of Battle of Ohio has extra spice with playoff implications, trash talk and Johnny Footballs first career start. ... AFC North-leading Bengals have won past three road games. ... Bengals WR A.J. Green had career-high 224 yards receiving last week vs. Steelers. ... Bengals QB Andy Dalton, who had 128.8 rating last week, had career-low 2.0 passer rating in previous meeting with Browns. He had just 10 completions and three interceptions. ... Bengals coach Marvin Lewis apologized for calling Browns rookie QB Johnny Manziel a midget earlier this week. ... Bengals rookie RB Jeremy Hill leads club with 729 yards rushing and six touchdowns. ... Bengals P Kevin Huber leads league in net average (44.0). ... Bengals have not allowed punt return of longer than 11 yards this season. ... Bengals LB Vincent Rey had 15 tackles last week and leads team with 97. ... After first game, Hill ripped Browns by saying, theyre probably worse than I thought. Browns were aware of his comments. ... Browns switched QBs this week, benching Brian Hoyer in favour of Manziel, who will make first career start. ... Manziel has only been on field for 18 plays this season. No. 22 overall pick came in during fourth quarter two weeks ago at Buffalo. ... Browns playing home finale. ... Browns forced four turnovers last week and are third in league with 26 takeaways. ... Browns K Billy Cundiff has missed one attempt in each of past five games. ... Browns lead league with 19 interceptions and 88 passes defenced. ... Browns rushed for 170 yards in win over Bengals last month. ... Browns held Bengals to 179 net yards in previous game. ... Browns hoping to make playoffs for first time since 2002 and second time since 1999 expansion rebirth.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Soccer Jerseys China . -- Albert Pujols is thrilled to have a reason to forget about his first two disappointing seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. Replica Soccer Jerseys .Y. -- First, Ryan Miller. https://www.soccerjerseyschina.us/ .Hoffenheim forward Anthony Modeste opened the scoring on a counterattack in the 15th minute, shooting though Jaroslav Drobnys legs after Lewis Holtby lost the ball in midfield. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Stitched Soccer Jerseys . As each game passes (each has played close with the exception of last night) it becomes clearer just how evenly matched these two teams are and how one mistake, or one bad inning, is likely to sway the result.CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Bengals didnt wait long or look far for their next offensive co-ordinator, promoting Hue Jackson on Thursday shortly after Jay Gruden was introduced as the next head coach in Washington. Jackson has brought his career full-circle in Cincinnati, where he coached the wide receivers from 2004-06. He was Oaklands head coach in 2011 and pushed for the trade that brought quarterback Carson Palmer from Cincinnati at midseason in exchange for a first-round and second-round draft pick. The Raiders finished 8-8 and failed to reach the playoffs that season, resulting in Jacksons firing. He returned to Cincinnati as an assistant, and coached the running backs last season. The Bengals won the AFC North with an 11-5 mark but lost their opening playoff game for the third straight season, tying the NFL record. Andy Dalton had three second-half turnovers during a 27-10 loss to San Diego at Paul Brown Stadium. Gruden co-ordinated the Bengals West Coast offence each of the last three seasons and helped Dalton and receiver A.J. Green develop into one of the best young pass-aand-catch tandems in the league.dddddddddddd He was hired as the Redskins head coach on Thursday. "We are blessed to have a staff that allows us to promote from within," coach Marvin Lewis said. "It keeps some of the continuity with our offensive team, yet we get new direction and fire from an aggressive and innovative coaching mind. Hues expertise in all aspects of football and coaching is very wide." The Bengals finished the season with the 10th-ranked offence in the NFL. The offence flourished at home and often struggled on the road. Cincinnati won all eight home games during the regular season, tying the club record. Dalton set club records for touchdown passes and yards passing last season, but his struggles in the playoffs continued. In three playoff games, he has thrown only one touchdown pass with four interceptions. Jackson also has been the offensive co-ordinator for the Redskins, Falcons and Raiders. Defensive co-ordinator Mike Zimmer also is interviewing for head coaching jobs. Cincinnatis defence finished No. 3 in the league last season. ' ' ''