The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Norwich City leading Queens Park Rangers by 23 points. Match preview to follow:
- Norwich City is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Norwich nor Queens Park Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Norwich City form and stats
Norwich City have performed here at Carrow Road this season with 6 wins from 10 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Norwich, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Norwich City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Watford. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Cardiff City.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Barnsley in only four days. This game is also played here at Carrow Road.
Norwich has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Norwich have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Queens Park Rangers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Queens Park Rangers, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
QPR's previous game was their home loss versus Swansea City (0-2). Before that, QPR travelled to Wycombe Wanderers and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the QPR manager M. Warburton as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Luton Town.
The attacking power of Queens Park Rangers when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. QPR struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Norwich City six wins, two draws and Queens Park Rangers two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Pukki 10 goals |  E. Buendía 6 goals |   I. Chair 5 goals |
Norwich City missing players
Queens Park Rangers missing players
| Norwich City | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 6 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 29 | 13 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 29 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 86% |
| 62% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 76% |
| 48% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| 29% | 40% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 19% | 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 18.5 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 29% |
- Norwich City is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 43 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Watford | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Reading | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
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