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Live updates: Bengals welcome Chiefs in AFC title game rematch

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) plays against the Kansas City Chiefs in the second half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) plays against the Kansas City Chiefs in the second half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
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Live updates: Bengals welcome Chiefs in AFC title game rematch
You'd be forgiven for thinking it was January all over again.Over the past two weeks, the Cincinnati Bengals have been tasked with essentially replicating their run to Super Bowl LVI from 11 months ago. Last week, it was a trip to Nashville to take on the Titans, yet another Bengals win.This week, the Bengals welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to Paycor Stadium in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship Game.Despite last year's conference title tilt taking place in Arrowhead Stadium, there's still a lot at stake in this Week 13 clash. Entering play Sunday, the Chiefs hold the top spot in the AFC with a 9-2 record, one loss clear of the now 9-3 Bills, who defeated New England on Thursday night.The Bengals sit in the AFC's sixth spot and share a 7-4 record with the Baltimore Ravens, who are in first place in the AFC North due to tiebreakers, and currently hold the fourth-position in the conference's playoff seeding.(For those of you needing something to calm your nerves before Sunday's 4:25 p.m. kickoff between the Bengals and Chiefs, the Ravens host Denver at 1 p.m.)Cincinnati has history on its side entering Sunday afternoon: Not only did the Bengals win the two meetings last year - the second of which we've already discussed and the first coming in Week 17, where the Bengals clinched the 2021 AFC North crown - but the Bengals have won six of the last seven meetings, including postseason, against the Chiefs since the 2008 season.The Bengals will also reportedly be getting a key weapon back on offense, as Ja'Marr Chase is expected to be healthy enough to go after being held out last week as a precautionary measure. However, it is also expected the Bengals will once again be without Joe Mixon, who is still recovering after sustaining a concussion in Pittsburgh. Those decisions will be made official about 90 minutes prior to kickoff.If you can't make the game, or have to run out during it, follow along with the WLWT sports team below for as-it-happens updates.

You'd be forgiven for thinking it was January all over again.

Over the past two weeks, the Cincinnati Bengals have been tasked with essentially replicating their run to Super Bowl LVI from 11 months ago. Last week, it was a trip to Nashville to take on the Titans, yet another Bengals win.

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This week, the Bengals welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to Paycor Stadium in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship Game.

Despite last year's conference title tilt taking place in Arrowhead Stadium, there's still a lot at stake in this Week 13 clash. Entering play Sunday, the Chiefs hold the top spot in the AFC with a 9-2 record, one loss clear of the now 9-3 Bills, who defeated New England on Thursday night.

The Bengals sit in the AFC's sixth spot and share a 7-4 record with the Baltimore Ravens, who are in first place in the AFC North due to tiebreakers, and currently hold the fourth-position in the conference's playoff seeding.

(For those of you needing something to calm your nerves before Sunday's 4:25 p.m. kickoff between the Bengals and Chiefs, the Ravens host Denver at 1 p.m.)

Cincinnati has history on its side entering Sunday afternoon: Not only did the Bengals win the two meetings last year - the second of which we've already discussed and the first coming in Week 17, where the Bengals clinched the 2021 AFC North crown - but the Bengals have won six of the last seven meetings, including postseason, against the Chiefs since the 2008 season.

The Bengals will also reportedly be getting a key weapon back on offense, as Ja'Marr Chase is expected to be healthy enough to go after being held out last week as a precautionary measure.

However, it is also expected the Bengals will once again be without Joe Mixon, who is still recovering after sustaining a concussion in Pittsburgh. Those decisions will be made official about 90 minutes prior to kickoff.

If you can't make the game, or have to run out during it, follow along with the WLWT sports team below for as-it-happens updates.

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