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Queens Park Rangers

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QPR will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Championship draw versus Sunderland.

In that game, Queens Park Rangers managed 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Sunderland got 8 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

Martí Cifuentes's Queens Park Rangers have scored 7 times over their past 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that they have conceded in that same time stands at 6.

Their past results show that Queens Park Rangers:

• have not registered a win against Birmingham City in their last 3 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Birmingham City

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After a losing effort in their last game against Watford in Championship action, Birmingham City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Birmingham City managed 52% possession and 27 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Watford had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Emmanuel Dennis (44') scored for Watford.

The stats don’t lie, and Birmingham City have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals overall. Defensively, Birmingham City have seen their frailties exposed. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this match, though.

Going into this encounter, Birmingham City are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 27/02/2021 tells us that QPR have won 2 of them & Birmingham City 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 11 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 from The R's and 6 being from The Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Championship match day 8 on 22/09/2023 when it ended Birmingham City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers.

On that occasion, Birmingham City managed 55% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Queens Park Rangers had 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Matt Donohue.

ℹ️ Team News: QPR

The QPR manager Martí Cifuentes does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash with a fully injury-free group available to select from.

In our view, The R's will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Asmir Begovic, Jimmy Dunne, Steve Cook, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kenneth Paal, Jack Colback, Isaac Hayden, Chris Willock, Lucas Andersen, Paul Smyth and Lyndon Dykes.

📰 Team News: Birmingham City

Due to a mostly full-strength group, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett to be concerned with. Alfie Chang (Knee injury) won’t be in action.

We believe The Blues could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, starting John Ruddy, Ethan Laird, Emanuel Aiwu, Lee Buchanan, Cody Drameh, Seung-ho Paik, Ivan Sunjic, Juninho Bacuna, Koji Miyoshi, Tyler Roberts and Jay Stansfield.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Birmingham City have the capability to put one past this Queens Park Rangers team, however it possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Queens Park Rangers at the end of this one. Should be a good one.

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Victor Martins, 14:07 29/03/2024