Stoke City fights Queens Park Rangers in Championship battle

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City are all set for a new task after their 1-0 vs Blackburn Rovers last time. Queens Park Rangers are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

W L W L W

Stoke City form and stats

9 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for Stoke, who won 1-0 against Blackburn Rovers (placed 8th). Midfield player Smith got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Smith dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Bristol City that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Stoke City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost four.

The Stoke fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 28 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

W D L L L

Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L10 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Queens Park Rangers go into this game after a win, the home game against Derby County that ended 1-0. Chair got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Chair hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).

Before that, Queens Park Rangers travelled to Huddersfield Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Queens Park Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

QPR have scored 29 goals on their travels this season, from 21 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Queens Park Rangers have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met previously this campaign; Queens Park Rangers - Stoke City 0-2. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Stoke City won three, Queens Park Rangers were winners in three and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

StokeJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
9 goals
Queens Park RangersA. Gray
A. Gray
9 goals

Stoke City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 5 21 43
16 9 2 Won W 2 8 18
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 9
17 8 2 Lost L 2 10 16
54 28 5 Scored S 8 29 58
48 22 3 Conceded C 8 33 55
95% 95% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
67% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 77%
47% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 53%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 23%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 9%
51% 43% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 58%
33% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 26%
21% 24% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 19%
 
5.1 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.1 4.9
5 4.6 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 8.6 5.3 5
2.1 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.8 10.9 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.8 11.6
3.7 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.2
34% 37% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 32%
 
10 9 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 12.6 12.4
3.2 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 30

Stoke City:
Queens Park Rangers:
Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 30

More from England - Championship

Read more about Championship

The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.