Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. The teams both hold mid-table spots in the Championship.
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Queens Park Rangers have to build on here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium in the Championship. Queens Park Rangers are slowly digging their own grave here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
The QPR crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Millwall here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Field (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Field had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Huddersfield Town the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Queens Park Rangers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Queens Park Rangers as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Queens Park Rangers has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Queens Park Rangers after this match as they are travelling to Middlesbrough for a Championship game in only four days.
The QPR fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Sunderland form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Sunderland are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Sunderland are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Reading (placed 17th). Roberts got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, top player of the team. Roberts scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 58 total).
The game before that was the FA Cup-duel against Fulham, a home defeat (2-3). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sunderland playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
After this away game Sunderland return home for a Championship game against Bristol City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 15 away games so far. 17 goals have been conceded by Sunderland in these games.
Head 2 Head
Queens Park Rangers have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Sunderland.Sunderland - QPR 2-2 was the result in these contenders' previous H2H match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 10 goals |  A. Traoré 7 goals |   C. Willock 6 goals |
Queens Park Rangers missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Queens Park Rangers | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 33 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 43 |
| 40 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 77% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | 50% |
| 19% | 13% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 48% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 14.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 40% |
| 10.7 | 9.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 65 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 58 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Watford | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 44 |
| 8 | Millwall | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 43 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 42 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 42 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -6 | 40 |
| 12 | Hull City | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 39 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 38 |
| 17 | Reading | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 36 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -7 | 32 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -22 | 26 |
