Stoke City look to Bet365 Stadium supporters for inspiration before Queens Park Rangers match

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City have won 53 points playing as the host team. Queens Park Rangers have brought back 47 points playing away. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Queens Park Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Championship

Stoke City are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Queens Park Rangers are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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!

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Stoke City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 11 defeats from 22 games. Three consecutive losses here at Bet365 Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

An away draw last time out for Stoke, facing Cardiff City in a game that ended 1-1. Goalkeeper Bonham got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.43 out of ten. Bonham saved a penalty.

Before that game, the home loss against Wigan Athletic with the scoreline 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stoke City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Stoke has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Stoke City have conceded 26 in these home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queens Park Rangers have produced an overall stat of 6-6-10 so far.

Two away games in a row for Queens Park Rangers, whose coach Ainsworth could celebrate last time after the win against Burnley. Eureka; their first three points in the league after seven games not winning. Martin came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Burnley last time out, making the manager Ainsworth feel like a tactical genius. Defender Dunne was the best team player with a rating of 8.4. Dunne won 1 of 1 duels.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Norwich City.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as QPR have conceded 36 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the result Queens Park Rangers - Stoke City 0-0 written in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Stoke City won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Queens Park Rangers managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

StokeT. Campbell
T. Campbell
9 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
8 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals

Stoke City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
14 6 3 Won W 3 6 12
11 5 1 Drew D 2 6 11
19 11 3 Lost L 2 10 21
55 25 12 Scored S 8 22 43
51 26 6 Conceded C 9 36 69
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 93%
68% 64% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 68% 73%
45% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 52%
30% 27% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 36% 25%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 9% 7%
43% 36% 29% BTTS BTTS 43% 50% 50%
30% 27% 43% Clean Sheets C S 29% 23% 18%
36% 45% 29% Failed to Score F T 43% 36% 39%
 
5.7 6.4 6.9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.7 5.2
5 4.5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.8 5
1.8 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 12.8 14.1 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.4 12.2
4.5 4.5 6.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.9 3.3
28% 25% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 29%
 
9.9 8.7 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 12.3 11.4
3.3 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Championship

  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 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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 Burnley 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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.