The New York Giants (2-3) will have a chance to even their season record when they host a primetime game for the second time in three weeks. The Cincinnati Bengals come to MetLife Stadium for a Sunday night matchup after they fell to 1-4 with a 41-38 overtime home loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Giants trail the all-time series with the Bengals, 6-5, but have won their previous two meetings in 2016 and 2020 – by a combined three points.

Will Sunday night be another thriller? Time will tell.

Here are three keys for the Giants:

Rally to the ball (especially when it's in Ja'Marr Chase's hands)

The Bengals' record is what it is, but Joe Burrow is still Joe Burrow. The quarterback has the highest completion percentage (72.3) and passer rating (113.6) by any quarterback to start 1-4 or worse in the first five games of a season since 1950.

He is surrounded by plenty of weapons, namely the wide receiver duo of Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Chase, a three-time Pro Bowler, leads the NFL with 229 yards after catch on the season. Last week, he racked up 193 total receiving yards, the third-highest total of his career, among two touchdowns. Higgins also found the end zone twice in that AFC North thriller.

"I see a lot of good players," coach Brian Daboll said in his weekly conversation with Giants.com. "I see an elite quarterback, two elite receivers, an efficient offense that the quarterback's been in for numerous years. He's an expert in their system and he can make any throw. He plays under pressure. And if you don't tackle number one (Chase), the guy averages 14.2 yards per catch in his career. It's (17.0) this year. And it's not just go balls. It's catch and run. It's in cuts where he makes five guys miss. Higgins, throw the ball to him regardless if he's covered, not covered, his body control, his size is excellent. When you have two perimeter receivers like that and then one of the best quarterbacks in the league, it's a good recipe."

Stay on schedule offensively & defensively

The Giants have dominated the time of possession the past three weeks, and their average length of scoring drives (9.72 plays) is tops in the NFL this season overall. The results have been two road wins and a close loss at home to Dallas on a Thursday night. Keeping Burrow off the field is never a bad idea as Cincinnati's defense has allowed 29.0 points per game, second-most in the league.

But that's easier said than done. The Bengals are converting 47.5 percent of their third downs while they have an average of 7.07 yards to go on second down, the third-best mark in the league.

Finish

Finish drives. Finish halves. Finish games. That has been the difference for the Giants and Bengals this season (and for every team since the dawn of football).

Through five weeks, the Giants lead the NFL with 32 points scored in the last two minutes of a half. The Bengals are second with 31.

Cincinnati's four losses have been decided by a combined 15 points, including a 41-38 overtime loss to Baltimore in Week 5. On the other side, the Giants' past four games have been decided by an average of fewer than six points – two wins and two losses – since their 22-point defeat at the hands of the Vikings in the opener.

Meanwhile, let's not forget how both of the Giants' wins started. In Cleveland, the Giants fumbled the opening kickoff and the Browns scored a touchdown on the very next play. In Seattle, Eric Gray was about to score on the Giants' opening possession until the Seahawks returned a fumble 102 yards for a touchdown.

Stats to impress your fellow football fans

On Oct. 13, 1985 – exactly 39 years before Sunday's game – Phil Simms threw for 513 yards against the Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. It remains a franchise record to this day. Only three Giants quarterbacks have thrown for 500 yards in a single game: Simms, Eli Manning (510 vs. Tampa Bay in 2012), and Y.A. Tittle (505 vs. Washington in 1962).

Despite playing without their leading receiver and rusher last week due to injury, the Giants had a player with a 100+ passer rating (Daniel Jones), a player with 100+ rush yards (rookie Tyrone Tracy Jr.), and a player with 100+ receiving yards (Darius Slayton) in the same game for the first time since Week 16 of the 2014 season (Eli Manning, Andre Williams, and Odell Beckham Jr.).

The Giants' league-leading 22 sacks through five team games is second-most in franchise history (26 in 1985) to start a season.

Daniel Jones is the first quarterback in Giants history to rush for at least 2,000 yards, a milestone he reached last week. Only 40 quarterbacks in NFL history have run for that many yards.

Jones needs 256 pass yards to move into fifth place in Giants history.

1. Eli Manning – 57,023
2. Phil Simms – 33,462
3. Charlie Conerly – 19,488
4. Kerry Collins – 16,875
5. Fran Tarkenton – 13,905
6. Daniel Jones – 13,650

Dexter Lawrence's 6.0 sacks are the most by a Giant through five games since Jason Pierre-Paul had 6.5 in 2011. Lawrence also moved up to 13th in Giants history with 27.0 career sacks. Next up are Jessie Armstead and Erik Howard, who are tied for 11th with 30.5. Carl Banks is 10th with 36.0.