Nottingham Forest were cruelly denied the first win of their 2018-19 Championship campaign due to a late equalizer from Matt Phillips, in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. Here’s six things from the game. Forest’s first half pressure Adlene Guedioura brilliantly called the shots in midfield, bringing Tendayi Darikwa and Joe Lolley into play… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Nottingham Forest fan Lee Clarke (@clarkey_no1). There appears to be a lot of excitement on Trentside at present. Do you put that down to the ambitious nature of the summer recruitment? Personally, I think that is only 50% of the reason. The club… Read more →
Preston beat 10-man QPR 1-0 at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, but they were made to wait a long time for Jordan Hugill’s winner. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Preston North End Chris Maxwell – didn’t have to work too hard for his clean sheet. QPR had just two shots, both hit straight at… Read more →
Preston beat 10-man QPR 1-0 at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, but they were made to wait a long time for Jordan Hugill’s winner. Here’s five things from the game. Lively start Both teams threatened in the opening exchanges. Callum Robinson caused problems for Pawel Wszolek down the left for Preston, crossing for Alan Browne to… Read more →
In one of the most remarkable fight-backs in second tier history, 93rd and 94th minute goals saw QPR snatch a remarkable point against West London foes Brentford at Loftus Road. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Queens Park Rangers Alex Smithies – denied Vibe in a relatively quiet first half. Difficult to criticize him… Read more →
Free-flowing Forest swept away an imbalanced QPR side 4-0 thanks to a Tyler Walker brace, which sandwiched goals from Kieran Dowell and Barrie McKay. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Jordan Smith – caught crosses well when needed, but it’s fair to say the young stopper has had busier afternoons. 6 Eric… Read more →
Had QPR and Fulham been more ruthless in front of goal, we could potentially be talking about one of the second tier’s highest-scoring matches ever, rather than what looked on paper like a run-of-the-mill 2-1 win for the visitors. That came thanks to goals from Ryan Fredericks and Stefan Johansen, though Conor Washington’s injury-time strike… Read more →
Ian Holloway described his side’s first half performance against Burton Albion last week as the worst he’d ever seen. The half-time arrivals of Matt Smith and Bright Osayi-Samuel inspired an improved second half, which saw Jamie Mackie and Luke Freeman both come close on more than one occasion, but they couldn’t find a way through.… Read more →
Here are The Football Lab’s player ratings for Wolves’ 2-1 win at QPR. Queens Park Rangers Alex Smithies – arguably the best player on the pitch. His string of saves at 2-0 was the main reason QPR went into injury time with a fighting chance. 9 James Perch – ruined the game for his side… Read more →
While QPR have been in England’s top two divisions for the last 12 years, their West London neighbours Brentford have historically been in the lower reaches of the Football League. A combination of the former’s recent decline due to overspending and the latter’s impressive progress means, for the first time in a while, the Bees… Read more →