QPR vs Middlesbrough Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Queens Park Rangers

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QPR will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 Championship defeat last time out to Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Queens Park Rangers had 50% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Blackburn Rovers got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Lewis Travis (34') scored for Blackburn Rovers.

Michael Beale's Queens Park Rangers have managed to score a sum total of 5 times in their last 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 7.

Heading into this contest, Queens Park Rangers have not been beaten in the league by Middlesbrough in their last 6 games.

Middlesbrough

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Last time out, Middlesbrough drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with West Bromwich Albion.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 62% possession and 16 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Middlesbrough was Isaiah Jones (10'). West Bromwich Albion got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. John Swift (51') was the scorer for West Bromwich Albion.

The stats don’t lie, and Middlesbrough have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. At the back, Middlesbrough seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That kind of trend might not be carried forward here, however.

Their past results show that Middlesbrough:

• have not registered a win against Queens Park Rangers in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
• have not been beaten by Queens Park Rangers in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings stretching back to 09/11/2019 shows that QPR have won 3 of them & Middlesbrough 0, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 for The R's and 8 for The Boro. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

📰 Team News: QPR

The QPR manager Michael Beale will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game with a completely healthy squad available for selection.

In our view, The R's will possibly use the 4-3-3 system for this one and select Seny Dieng, Osman Kakay, Robert Dickie, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kenneth Paal, Sam Field, Stefan Johansen, Andre Dozzell, Albert Adomah, Ilias Chair and Lyndon Dykes.

📋 Team News: Middlesbrough

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder has zero fitness concerns to report before this game.

We are inclined to think that The Boro will likely elect for a 3-5-2 formation using Zack Steffen, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Patrick Mcnair, Isaiah Jones, Riley McGree, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Ryan Giles, Duncan Watmore and Chuba Akpom.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers could find scoring goals difficult here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. That is why we are leaning toward a 0-0 score at full-time.

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Peter Guest, 02:49 02/08/2022