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Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Paycor Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Cleveland Browns—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Game details

Location
Cincinnati

Matchup preview

Cleveland Browns 3–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 24
Cincinnati Bengals 3–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12
2026 regular season, per game · CLE 5 games, CIN 5 games
MetricCLECIN
Points per game18.626th25.610th
Points allowed per game22.414th21.811th
Total yards per game273.430th342.813th
Passing yards per game202.024th272.27th
Rushing yards per game94.222nd82.825th
Turnovers per game1.420th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game3.832nd1.89th
Penalty yards per game65.420th62.416th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. L 12–17 @ NYJ Week 5
  2. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  3. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  4. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  5. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. W 31–24 @ MIA Week 5
  2. L 17–22 vs JAX Week 4
  3. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  4. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  5. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 1,010 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 221 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Denzel Boston 330 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0 · 3 g

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,361 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 246 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 423 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Jonathan Allen 3.0 · 4 g

Cleveland Browns: injury report

  • Out Carsen Ryan TE
  • Out Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WLB
  • Out Joe Royer TE
  • Out Mason Graham LDT
  • Out Mike Hall Jr. RDT
  • Out Nathaniel Watson
  • Out Parker Brailsford C
  • Out Taylen Green QB

6 more listed.

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Colbie Young WR
  • Out Connor Lew C
  • Out Jack Endries TE
  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Out Landon Robinson LDT
  • Out Myles Hinton RT
  • Questionable Swayze Bozeman SLB

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

CLE 22 · CIN 32 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 CLE 20, CIN 18
  2. 2025 · Week 1 CIN 17, CLE 16
  3. 2024 · Week 16 CLE 6, CIN 24
  4. 2024 · Week 7 CIN 21, CLE 14
  5. 2023 · Week 18 CLE 14, CIN 31

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

CLE 21.3% · CIN 78.5%

Matchup quality 39.9 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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