Rotherham United - Queens Park Rangers: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Season ticket holders at AESSEAL New York Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Rotherham United languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Queens Park Rangers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Rotherham have less rest than Queens Park Rangers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cardiff City, was also a home game here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Rotherham United form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Rotherham United have to build on here at AESSEAL New York Stadium in the Championship.

The Rotherham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Cardiff City here at AESSEAL New York Stadium in a Championship match. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Preston North End.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rotherham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.

The manager P. Warne will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Bournemouth in only four days.

Rotherham United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. Rotherham United have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for QPR on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

QPR had fun at their own home (AESSEAL New York Stadium) last time out, beating Blackburn Rovers 1-0. Yoann Barbet scored. Prior to that result QPR won their away game at Watford. The scoreline was 2-1.

QPR goalie Seny Dieng was high and low in the Blackburn Rovers game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Queens Park Rangers, two draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for QPR, the Championship home match versus Brentford. Busy days.

Queens Park Rangers find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. QPR have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Queens Park Rangers - Rotherham 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Rotherham two wins, one draw and Queens Park Rangers four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RotherhamM. Smith
M. Smith
7 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
5 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Rotherham United Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 7 Played P 5 14 27
8 4 2 Won W 1 4 8
5 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
14 7 4 Lost L 2 5 10
33 20 9 Scored S 5 14 26
38 20 10 Conceded C 7 18 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
78% 86% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 70%
56% 64% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 30%
19% 21% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 14% 15%
7% 7% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 11%
52% 57% 57% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 48%
22% 21% 14% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 30%
26% 21% 29% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.9 11.4 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11 11.6
3.1 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.1 3.4
40% 39% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 25% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 28 12 9 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 11 7 10 31 28 14 7 2 5 16 13 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 27 11 6 10 41 29 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 2 7 21 16 12 39
9 Stoke City 28 9 12 7 32 29 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 39
10 Bristol City 28 12 3 13 29 33 14 7 2 5 14 13 14 5 1 8 15 20 -4 39
11 Cardiff City 28 10 7 11 37 32 14 4 3 7 20 18 14 6 4 4 17 14 5 37
12 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
13 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
14 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
15 Luton Town 27 9 7 11 22 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 34
16 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
17 Huddersfield Town 28 9 6 13 31 39 14 7 2 5 18 13 14 2 4 8 13 26 -8 33
18 Nottingham Forest 28 8 8 12 25 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
19 Coventry City 28 7 10 11 26 37 14 5 6 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 31
20 Rotherham United 27 8 5 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 29
21 Sheffield Wednesday 28 9 7 12 21 30 14 6 5 3 12 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -9 28
22 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
23 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 27 3 7 17 18 47 14 2 5 7 8 17 13 1 2 10 10 30 -29 16

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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.