📊 Form Guide

Queens Park Rangers

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QPR go into this match after a 0-0 Championship draw versus Sunderland.

In that match, Queens Park Rangers had 60% possession and 16 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Sunderland had 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Queens Park Rangers haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 against opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 outings. In those games, Queens Park Rangers have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 8.

Taking a look at their past results, Queens Park Rangers:

• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 7 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

Middlesbrough

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Coventry City in Championship competition, Middlesbrough and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Coventry City had 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Bobby Thomas (42'), Haji Wright (76') and Josh Eccles (81') scored for Coventry City.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough have slotted home 6 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.

Going into this one, Middlesbrough are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/08/2021 shows us that QPR have won 3 of these and Middlesbrough 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league clash featuring the two was Championship match day 37 on 09/03/2024 when it ended Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Middlesbrough.

In that game, Queens Park Rangers managed 61% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Middlesbrough had 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Emmanuel Latte Lath (64') and Marcus Forss (76') scored.

The referee was Leigh Doughty.

ℹ️ Team News: QPR

In all likelihood, The R's could employ a 3-4-3 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Paul Nardi, Jimmy Dunne, Steve Cook, Sam Field, Paul Smyth, Jonathan Varane, Kieran Morgan, Hevertton, Nicolas Madsen, Žan Celar and Ilias Chair.

ℹ️ Team News: Middlesbrough

Thanks to a largely available squad, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick to be concerned about. Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that The Boro seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Seny Dieng, Luke Ayling, George Edmundson, Matt Clarke, Neto Borges, Aidan Morris, Jonathan Howson, Isaiah Jones, Finn Azaz, Riley McGree and Tommy Conway.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Queens Park Rangers will have to work hard as a team to be putting a goal past this Middlesbrough lineup who we think will score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We therefore see a very even match with a 0-1 advantage for Middlesbrough at the end of this game.

A close call.

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Victor Martins, 19:05 05/11/2024