Stoke City favourites for feisty fight facing Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Championship game of the season. Stoke City look forward to welcoming Queens Park Rangers in front of their home support.

It's no vacation for neither Stoke City nor Queens Park Rangers 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.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City's first home game here at Bet365 Stadium ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from 23 matches.

The Stoke City fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Bet365 Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Queens Park Rangers. In the match before that, Stoke City hosted Sheffield United and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke City handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L3.

Early season goal statistics from Stoke City's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

Last season, Stoke City's league statistics were 11 wins, 22 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Premier League. Over these 46 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Stoke City managed 8-9-6 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 24 conceded.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Only one away game so far for Queens Park Rangers and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 12 losses from 23 travels.

Queens Park Rangers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Stoke City. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sheffield Wednesday at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Queens Park Rangers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were W4-D3-L10.

2 goals so far away for Queens Park Rangers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 match.

Let's have a look at how Queens Park Rangers performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 23 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 12 with 20/40 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Stoke City - Queens Park Rangers 1-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Stoke City won 3, Queens Park Rangers won 4 and 3 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Clucas
1 goals
E. Eze
1 goals

Stoke City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Stoke City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 2 2
2 2 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Stoke City Last season Queens Park Rangers
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
11 8   Won   5 14
22 9   Drew   6 9
13 6   Lost   12 23
45 26   Scored   20 53
52 24   Conceded   40 71
80% 87%   Over 0.5   91% 91%
63% 70%   Over 1.5   70% 70%
37% 35%   Over 2.5   57% 59%
28% 22%   Over 3.5   26% 26%
2% 4%   Over 4.5   4% 13%
43% 39%   BTTS   43% 46%
39% 39%   Clean Sheets   22% 30%
37% 35%   Failed To Score   43% 33%
 
5.5 6   Corners For (avg)   3.7 4.5
4.9 4.3   Corners Against (avg)   5.5 5.5
1.6 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.2 2
5 2   Red Cards   0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Queens Park Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Stoke City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-07-19 CF Wrexham 1 - 3 Stoke City
20-07-19 CF Tranmere Rovers 0 - 2 Stoke City
24-07-19 CF Lincoln City 1 - 2 Stoke City
27-07-19 CF Stoke City 2 - 2 Leicester City
03-08-19 CH Stoke City 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
10-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 14:00 Stoke City
13-08-19 CC Wigan Athletic 18:45 Stoke City
17-08-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Derby County
21-08-19 CH Preston North End 18:45 Stoke City
24-08-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
12-07-19 CF Austria Wien 3 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
16-07-19 CF Boreham Wood 2 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
20-07-19 CF Oxford United 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
27-07-19 CF Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Watford
03-08-19 CH Stoke City 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
10-08-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 14:00 Huddersfield Town
13-08-19 CC Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Bristol City
17-08-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Queens Park Rangers
21-08-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Swansea City
24-08-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 14:00 Wigan Athletic

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
16 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
19 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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