Sunderland vs QPR Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

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Sunderland

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Sunderland will be wanting a better result here following a 2-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Oxford United.

In that game, Sunderland managed 69% possession and 10 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Oxford United had 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ben Nelson (29') and Michał Helik (48') scored for Oxford United.

Sunderland have really struggled up front of late. Their goals record equals just 2 against opposing sides during their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Sunderland have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 6. In any event, it remains to be seen if the trend will be sustained in this next game.

Their prior results show that Sunderland:

• have not been beaten in the league by Queens Park Rangers in their last 5 matches.
• are winless against Queens Park Rangers in their previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Queens Park Rangers

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Burnley in Championship action, QPR will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Queens Park Rangers had 38% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Burnley had 16 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. Josh Cullen (9'), Zian Flemming (20', 28') and Jeremy Sarmiento (62', 92') scored for Burnley.

The stats don’t lie, and QPR have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in total. In defence, Queens Park Rangers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Their past results show that Queens Park Rangers:

• haven't beaten Sunderland when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten by Sunderland when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 26/10/2021 shows us that Sunderland have won 2 of these and QPR 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 4.

A combined sum of 11 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them for The Black Cats and 3 created by The R's. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Championship match day 13 on 02/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Sunderland.

In that game, Queens Park Rangers managed 60% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Sunderland had 8 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ben Toner.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

Aji Alese (Broken leg), Daniel Ballard (Hamstring injury) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) are not available for Sunderland manager Régis Le Bris.

It’s our opinion that The Black Cats look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 system in the match with Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Chris Mepham, Luke O'Nien, Leo Fuhr Hjelde, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Patrick Roberts, Chris Rigg, Enzo Le Fée and Wilson Isidor.

📰 Team News: QPR

QPR boss Martí Cifuentes has to currently contend with reduced team options. Zan Celar (Hamstring injury), Jake Clarke-Salter (Hip injury) and Harvey Vale (Back injury) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that The R's appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, starting the game with Paul Nardi, Ronnie Edwards, Liam Morrison, Kenneth Paal, Jimmy Dunne, Jonathan Varane, Jack Colback, Karamoko Dembele, Harrison Ashby, Nicolas Madsen and Rayan Kolli.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Sunderland will probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Queens Park Rangers are also probably going to find it difficult to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We reckon that it will be a decent 3-1 win for Sunderland when all’s said and done.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the WDW market, the win for Sunderland is available for 1.67, backing a draw is 3.9 & selecting the winner to be Queens Park Rangers will get you 5. These are the best of the returns that can be secured as of now.

Peter Guest, 14:02 29/04/2025