Possible nail-biting contest in Queens Park Rangers - Middlesbrough game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium (18000 seats)

Buckle up for a show! The main heroes are Queens Park Rangers and Middlesbrough, a win is the target and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship

Queens Park Rangers have less rest than Middlesbrough in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Peterborough United, so at least Queens Park Rangers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Queens Park Rangers have played 15 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David Marshall not having conceded a league goal in 220 minutes.

Midfield player Odubajo got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Odubajo hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 36 successful passes (of 43 total).

Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Reading in a game that was won 4-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Queens Park Rangers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Queens Park Rangers as a small favourite), we find eleven games. QPR has won four of these, drawn three and lost four.

The manager Warburton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barnsley in only three days.

The Queens Park Rangers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Queens Park Rangers have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Coventry City in the Championship.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Middlesbrough playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were eight Middlesbrough wins, three draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Middlesbrough are hosting Derby County in the Championship only three days away.

The attacking power of Middlesbrough when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged scoreline involving both these contenders is the Middlesbrough - Queens Park Rangers 2-3 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Queens Park Rangers won four, Middlesbrough triumphed in four and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
8 goals
MiddlesbroughA. Šporar
A. Šporar
7 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
6 goals

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Queens Park Rangers Middlesbrough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 15 5 Played P 5 13 28
15 8 3 Won W 2 4 13
6 4 1 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 1 5 9
44 21 4 Scored S 6 11 32
31 11 2 Conceded C 4 13 26
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 93%
79% 67% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 75%
54% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 23% 29%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 7%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 43%
36% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 39%
11% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 46% 25%
 
5.2 6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.6
5.3 5.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.7
2.1 2.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.3 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.4 14.3 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 11.7
4.7 4.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 4.1
34% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 24% 28%
 
12.5 12.7 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11 10.1
3.9 3.7 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

Queens Park Rangers:
Middlesbrough:
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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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