Tonight Browns vs. Giants

Time: 8:30 p.m.

TV/radio: ESPN, WJKW Channel 8; WKBN-AM 570, WNCD-FM 93.3

Opening line: Giants by 7.

History: Browns lead 25-19-2.

Last meeting: Giants 27, Browns 10, Sept. 26, 2004.

Last week: Giants beat Seahawks 44-6; Browns had open week.

Streaks, stats and notes: Giants are 4-0 for first time since 1990, when they went 13-3 and won Super Bowl. ... New York has won 11 straight road games not including last season’s Super Bowl win in Arizona. ... New York has won last four meetings with Browns after going 1-11-1 in previous 13 matchups. ... Giants WR Plaxico Burress will return after serving one-game suspension for missing a team meeting and failing to notify Giants. Burress said he was taking his son to school and has no regrets about how he handled the situation. ... Giants are averaging a league-high 31.7 points per game. The Browns are 31st with just 11.5 and are allowing an average of 19.5 per game. ... New York coach Tom Coughlin and Cleveland’s Romeo Crennel worked together on New York’s staff under Bill Parcells from 1988-90. ... Former Browns head coach Chris Palmer (1999-2000) is New York’s quarterbacks coach. ... Giants beat Browns 37-34 on Aug. 18 in exhibition game. Cleveland led 3-0 before Giants scored 30 unanswered points — 16 in a span of 76 seconds. ... Browns QB Derek Anderson sustained a concussion in that game, one of five Cleveland starters to get hurt. .... Browns will be making first appearance on Monday Night Football since 2003. They are 13-12 in Monday night games.

Fireworks: B.J. Alan Fireworks of Youngstown will display fireworks three times tonight. The first will occur during the ESPN telecast of “Monday Night Countdown.” More fireworks will be shot off during player introductions. Fireworks also will be part of the halftime show.