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The Houston Texans return home after two games on the road and the Cincinnati Bengals will battle it out for the Christmas cheer at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at NRG Stadium Cincinnati will step in after a win while the Texans will stumble after a loss / p>

Houston fell short against the Indianapolis Colts last week, falling between 27 and 20. A silver lining for Houston was QB Deshaun Watson’s game, which passed on 41 tries for two TDs and 373 yards

Meanwhile, Cincinnati was supposed to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers last Monday, but they received a nice gift instead. Cincinnati took a solid 27-17 win over Pittsburgh. RB Giovani Bernard and QB Ryan Finley were among the key playmakers for the Bengals as the former did a roaring touchdown and snatched a receiving TD and the latter passed on 13 tries for a TD and 89 yards and additionally rushed for a TD and 47 yards Finley ended with a passerby rating of 13670

Cincinnati’s win put them 3-10-1 while Houston’s defeat put them 4-10. Neither squad can make the playoffs, so they’re now playing for a draft order

Houston is the favorite in this one with an expected 75-point lead, however their home turf was no weather haven as they failed to beat the spread in four of their six home games

A few offensive stats to keep in mind while watching: Houston is worst in the NFL, averaging just 86.The Bengals have seen some fights of their own as they stumble into the matchup with the third smallest offensive touchdown in the league, having accumulated just 28 points in the season, it’s possible that one of those Achilles heels could trip the losing team

The Texans are a big 75-point favorite against the Bengals, according to the latest NFL odds

The odds makers got a good feel for the line for this when the game started with the Texans as an 8 point favorite

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Houston has won every game they have played against Cincinnati in the past six years

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