Evenly matched teams: Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Champion Hill Stadium (3000 seats)

The visiting Blackburn Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Queens Park Rangers, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Queens Park Rangers have collected 13 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-4-5. The QPR manager M. Warburton might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

It's back home for QPR, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Watford away with the result 2-1. Charlie Austin and Albert Adomah found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, QPR lost 0-1 at home to Derby County.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Warburton when Albert Adomah scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.

Queens Park Rangers aren't scoring a lot here at Champion Hill Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Queens Park Rangers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Blackburn Rovers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The Blackburn goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 232 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Blackburn go into this game after a win, the home game against Luton Town that ended 1-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Middlesbrough.

Blackburn has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Blackburn Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Blackburn Rovers - QPR 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one QPR victory, three draws and six Blackburn Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
17 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
5 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
5 goals

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Queens Park Rangers Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 3 13 26
7 3 0 Won W 3 5 11
9 4 2 Drew D 0 2 6
10 5 2 Lost L 0 6 9
25 11 2 Scored S 10 21 41
32 14 5 Conceded C 0 15 28
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 73%
31% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 54%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 31%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
50% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 50%
27% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 35%
35% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.6 12.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 18.7 15.6 13.8
3.5 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5 5.2
28% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers 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 Norwich City 26 16 6 4 35 21 14 8 5 1 17 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 14 54
2 Swansea City 26 14 8 4 33 15 13 7 5 1 16 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 18 50
3 Brentford 25 13 9 3 45 24 13 7 5 1 26 13 12 6 4 2 19 11 21 48
4 Reading 26 14 5 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 13 5 5 3 18 16 11 47
5 Watford 27 13 8 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 13 3 6 4 7 9 11 47
6 AFC Bournemouth 26 11 9 6 39 24 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 42
7 Middlesbrough 27 11 7 9 30 24 13 7 2 4 15 9 14 4 5 5 15 15 6 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 26 11 6 9 41 28 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 5 2 6 21 15 13 39
9 Bristol City 26 12 3 11 27 28 13 7 2 4 14 11 13 5 1 7 13 17 -1 39
10 Stoke City 27 9 11 7 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 38
11 Preston North End 27 11 3 13 31 34 13 4 2 7 10 13 14 7 1 6 21 21 -3 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Luton Town 26 9 6 11 21 28 12 5 4 3 15 13 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 33
14 Huddersfield Town 27 9 5 13 30 38 14 7 2 5 18 13 13 2 3 8 12 25 -8 32
15 Cardiff City 26 8 7 11 33 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 12 4 4 4 13 13 2 31
16 Millwall 26 6 13 7 22 25 12 1 8 3 9 12 14 5 5 4 13 13 -3 31
17 Queens Park Rangers 26 7 9 10 25 32 12 3 4 5 11 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -7 30
18 Coventry City 26 7 9 10 25 35 12 5 5 2 14 13 14 2 4 8 11 22 -10 30
19 Derby County 26 7 7 12 17 25 14 3 4 7 7 15 12 4 3 5 10 10 -8 28
20 Birmingham City 26 6 9 11 19 31 14 2 3 9 9 23 12 4 6 2 10 8 -12 27
21 Nottingham Forest 26 6 8 12 20 29 14 4 5 5 14 14 12 2 3 7 6 15 -9 26
22 Rotherham United 24 6 5 13 27 35 12 3 3 6 16 18 12 3 2 7 11 17 -8 23
23 Sheffield Wednesday 25 7 7 11 16 25 13 5 5 3 10 8 12 2 2 8 6 17 -9 22
24 Wycombe Wanderers 24 3 6 15 18 42 12 2 4 6 8 14 12 1 2 9 10 28 -24 15

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  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 26 16 6 4 35 21 14 8 5 1 17 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 14 54
2 Swansea City 26 14 8 4 33 15 13 7 5 1 16 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 18 50
3 Brentford 25 13 9 3 45 24 13 7 5 1 26 13 12 6 4 2 19 11 21 48
4 Reading 26 14 5 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 13 5 5 3 18 16 11 47
5 Watford 27 13 8 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 13 3 6 4 7 9 11 47
6 AFC Bournemouth 26 11 9 6 39 24 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 42
7 Middlesbrough 27 11 7 9 30 24 13 7 2 4 15 9 14 4 5 5 15 15 6 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 26 11 6 9 41 28 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 5 2 6 21 15 13 39
9 Bristol City 26 12 3 11 27 28 13 7 2 4 14 11 13 5 1 7 13 17 -1 39
10 Stoke City 27 9 11 7 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 38
11 Preston North End 27 11 3 13 31 34 13 4 2 7 10 13 14 7 1 6 21 21 -3 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Luton Town 26 9 6 11 21 28 12 5 4 3 15 13 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 33
14 Huddersfield Town 27 9 5 13 30 38 14 7 2 5 18 13 13 2 3 8 12 25 -8 32
15 Cardiff City 26 8 7 11 33 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 12 4 4 4 13 13 2 31
16 Millwall 26 6 13 7 22 25 12 1 8 3 9 12 14 5 5 4 13 13 -3 31
17 Queens Park Rangers 26 7 9 10 25 32 12 3 4 5 11 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -7 30
18 Coventry City 26 7 9 10 25 35 12 5 5 2 14 13 14 2 4 8 11 22 -10 30
19 Derby County 26 7 7 12 17 25 14 3 4 7 7 15 12 4 3 5 10 10 -8 28
20 Birmingham City 26 6 9 11 19 31 14 2 3 9 9 23 12 4 6 2 10 8 -12 27
21 Nottingham Forest 26 6 8 12 20 29 14 4 5 5 14 14 12 2 3 7 6 15 -9 26
22 Rotherham United 24 6 5 13 27 35 12 3 3 6 16 18 12 3 2 7 11 17 -8 23
23 Sheffield Wednesday 25 7 7 11 16 25 13 5 5 3 10 8 12 2 2 8 6 17 -9 22
24 Wycombe Wanderers 24 3 6 15 18 42 12 2 4 6 8 14 12 1 2 9 10 28 -24 15

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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.