Queens Park Rangers are pursuing the top places while Cardiff City are more nervous about escaping relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Queens Park Rangers is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Queens Park Rangers nor Cardiff City 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.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Queens Park Rangers so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Beale led his Queens Park Rangers to a defeat away at Luton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. The first defeat after going undefeated through five league fixtures. Clarke-Salter was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Clarke-Salter hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 8 of 15 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Reading.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 QPR have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Queens Park Rangers as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Wigan Athletic are visiting.
QPR have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches.
Cardiff City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Cardiff City's previous game was their home loss versus Coventry City (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfielder Wintle was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Wintle hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Wigan Athletic with the score of 3-1.Cardiff City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Cardiff now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Swansea City is waiting in only four days.
Cardiff City have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two participants are: seven wins for Queens Park Rangers, zero draws and three wins for Cardiff City. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Willock 6 goals |  I. Chair 3 goals |  L. Dykes 3 goals |
Queens Park Rangers missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Queens Park Rangers | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 14% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 35% | 28% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 12.1 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.9 | 9.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Queens Park Rangers is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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