CINCINNATI (14-4) AT KANSAS CITY (15-3)

Sunday, 6:30p.m., CBS

LINE: Bengals by 1½ SERIES: Bengals, 18-14 LAST MEETING: Bengals, 27-24, Dec. 4

BENGALS OFFENSE: OVERALL (8), RUSH (7), PASS (5), SCORING (29). BENGALS DEFENSE: OVERALL (16), RUSH (7), PASS (23), SCORING (6). CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (1), RUSH (20), PASS (1), SCORING (1). CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (8), PASS (18), SCORING (16) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Bengals plus-6; Chiefs minus-3.

KEY MATCHUP: Bengals’ wide receivers, led by Ja’Marr Chase, against Chiefs’ defensive backfield, which regularly plays three rookie cornerbacks and a rookie safety. Chase had seven catches for 97yards in Bengals’ 27-24win in December, while Tyler Boyd had four catches for 60yards and Tee Higgins three for 35 yards and a score.

ETC.: This is record fifth straight conference championship game hosted by Kansas City. The five consecutive appearances by the Chiefs are tied with Oakland (1973-77) and behind only the Patriots (2011-18) for most ever . ... Bengals are making their fourth AFC championship appearance . ... Bengals RB Joe Mixon needs 43yards rushing to pass Pete Johnson (5,421) for fourth in franchise history . ... Chase set the Bengals single-game record for yards receiving with 266 against Kansas City in a win on Jan. 2, 2022 . ... Chiefs coach Andy Reid is tied with Tom Landry with 20postseason wins. Only coach with more is Pats’ Bill Belichick (31) . ... TE Travis Kelce and LS James Winchester set Chiefs record last week with 16th career playoff games . ... Kelce has 1,389yards receiving in the playoffs, tied with retired Rob Gronkowski for third in NFL history. Kelce needs 53yards to pass Julian Edelman for second behind Jerry Rice . ... Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is 9-3in the playoffs as an NFL starter . ... Mahomes needs three TD passes to pass Dan Marino (32) for eighth on the league’s career postseason list.