Only a few games have been played in the Championship so far, with Queens Park Rangers placed 14th and Preston North End sitting in the 18th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
Only two Championship home games for Queens Park Rangers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. The last three games played by QPR, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Queens Park Rangers shared the glory with AFC Bournemouth in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Sheffield Wednesday that finished 1-1.
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 14 games. QPR has won three of these, drawn two and lost nine.
The match schedule is unforgiving for QPR as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Birmingham City are visiting.
Queens Park Rangers has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Preston North End form and stats
Four points from two away games for Preston North End, meaning one draw and one victory in the Championship so far.
The manager A. Neil was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Deepdale. Preston suffered a 0-1 loss to Cardiff City (placed 12th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brentford at their stadium, the result 4-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Preston North End, four draws and five defeats.
Preston has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Huddersfield Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Preston North End has scored 6 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (QPR wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 3 goals |   L. Dykes 2 goals |  Y. Barbet 1 goals |
Queens Park Rangers missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Queens Park Rangers | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | 20 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 29 | 61 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 13 | 23 |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 46% | 26% |
- All of Preston North End's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Queens Park Rangers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Preston North End have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Preston North End have not yet lost a game away.
- Preston North End have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queens Park Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
| Queens Park Rangers | Last season | Preston North End | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 67 | 42 | Scored | S | 20 | 59 | ||
| 76 | 42 | Conceded | C | 25 | 54 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 76% | ||
| 61% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 39% | ||
| 39% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 22% | ||
| 15% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 9% | ||
| 61% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 52% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 20% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 514 | 305 | Total Shots | T S | 256 | 526 | ||
| 181 | 110 | Shots on Target | S O | 73 | 164 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
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