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QPR vs Middlesbrough Live Stream, Predictions
The Championship fixture at Loftus Road Stadium on Saturday sees home side QPR take on Middlesbrough.
View all of the Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough predictions, poll and stats below - as well as the best betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Queens Park Rangers
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QPR go into this fixture following a 2-2 Championship draw vs West Bromwich Albion.
In that game, Queens Park Rangers managed 52% possession and 20 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Queens Park Rangers was Sam Field (17', 81'). West Bromwich Albion had 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Mikey Johnston (25') and Grady Diangana (27') scored for West Bromwich Albion.
It has not been often in recent times that Queens Park Rangers have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Queens Park Rangers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals in the process.
Coming into this meeting, Queens Park Rangers are undefeated in their previous 5 home league matches.
Middlesbrough
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Middlesbrough will come into the clash after a 3-1 Championship win to defeat Norwich City in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Middlesbrough had 62% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Middlesbrough, goals were scored by Marcus Forss (37'), Emmanuel Latte Lath (43') and Lukas Engel (62'). Norwich City got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Ashley Barnes (17') was the scorer for Norwich City.
The numbers tell their own story, and Middlesbrough have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. Defensively, Middlesbrough certainly have room for improvement. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether the trend shall be maintained here in this match.
Going into this one, Middlesbrough haven't beaten Queens Park Rangers in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 17/04/2021 shows that QPR have won 4 of these games and Middlesbrough 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.
The last league clash featuring the two was Championship match day 5 on 02/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Middlesbrough 0-2 Queens Park Rangers.
In that game, Middlesbrough managed 62% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target.
Queens Park Rangers got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Andre Dozzell (43') and Jack Colback (71') scored.
The referee was Thomas Bramall.
๐๏ธ Team News: QPR
We are thinking that The R's will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring Asmir Begovic, Jimmy Dunne, Steve Cook, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kenneth Paal, Jack Colback, Sam Field, Chris Willock, Lucas Andersen, Ilias Chair and Lyndon Dykes.
๐ Team News: Middlesbrough
Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick to be concerned about. Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) wonโt be in action.
Itโs our belief that The Boro could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-1-2 lineup, starting the game with Seny Dieng, Patrick McNair, Rav van den Berg, Matt Clarke, Luke Ayling, Jonathan Howson, Lewis O'Brien, Lukas Engel, Riley McGree, Marcus Forss and Emmanuel Latte Lath.
โก Prediction
Weโre of the opinion that Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers are both capable of scoring here.
Letโs see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Thatโs why we have predicted a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:01 09/03/2024
Predicted Lineups
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
QPR
Formed: 1882
Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium (18,439)
Captain: Asmir Begoviฤ
Chairman: Amit Bhatia
Manager: Martรญ Cifuentes
Competitions: Championship position 19
โญ Key Player: Ilias Chair
Normally taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Ilias Chair was born in Belgium. After having made a senior debut playing for Queens Park Rangers in the 2017 - 2018 season, the accomplished Midfielder has scored 5 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 33 appearances.
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36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 81 | WLLLW |
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37 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 79 | WWDWW |
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37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 78 | WWWWL |
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35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 70 | LWLLW |
5 |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 60 | LWDWD |
6 |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 57 | WWDDD |
7 |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 55 | WWDWL |
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36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 54 | DWLLW |
9 |
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35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 53 | WWDWD |
10 |
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37 | 16 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 53 | DWWWW |
11 |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 47 | LLLLL |
12 |
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35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 47 | LWLLW |
13 |
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36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 45 | LWLLD |
14 |
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36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 44 | WLLLL |
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36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 43 | LLWWD |
16 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 40 | LLWLL |
17 |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 40 | DDDLD |
18 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 40 | LLWWD |
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36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 39 | LWWWD |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 39 | WWLLD |
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36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | -16 | 38 | WLWDL |
22 |
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36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 38 | WLLWL |
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37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | -25 | 38 | WWWWL |
24 |
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36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 19 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Ilias Chair | 5 |
Lyndon Dykes | 4 |
Kenneth Paal | 4 |
Chris Willock | 4 |
Sinclair Armstrong | 3 |
Marcus Forss | 7 |
Emmanuel Latte Lath | 7 |
Sam Greenwood | 5 |
Isaiah Jones | 5 |
Josh Coburn | 4 |
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