Football tips: Stoke City vs Queens Park Rangers - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Queens Park Rangers.

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Stoke City can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For QPR most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Stoke City form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

The Stoke crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Coventry City here at Bet365 Stadium in a Championship match. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Preston North End that ended 0-0.

The Stoke fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Stoke City have conceded 26 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 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats. Momentum is building for QPR in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

It's the second away game in a row for QPR, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Swansea City (placed 4th) in the Championship last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Middlesbrough at their stadium, the result 2-1.

QPR are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 22 games (in the league). 28 goals have been conceded by Queens Park Rangers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Queens Park Rangers - Stoke 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Stoke, four draws and three wins for Queens Park Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
12 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
11 goals
Stoke CityS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
9 goals

Stoke City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 22 7 Played P 7 22 43
14 9 1 Won W 4 7 17
14 5 2 Drew D 2 7 11
15 8 4 Lost L 1 8 15
47 29 9 Scored S 10 23 51
49 26 12 Conceded C 5 28 51
81% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 91%
63% 64% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 72%
37% 45% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 41% 42%
19% 23% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 21%
16% 18% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 12%
40% 50% 71% BTTS BTTS 43% 59% 53%
47% 41% 14% Clean Sheets C S 57% 32% 30%
33% 18% 29% Failed to Score F T 14% 18% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 2 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
10.2 10.9 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.1 11.5
3 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.1 3.9 3.7
37% 38% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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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.