Jake Livermore’s injury-time winner gave West Bromwich Albion a 3-2 win at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night and a priceless three points in the Championship automatic promotion race. Here’s our Player Ratings from the contest. QPR Joe Lumley – the young goalkeeper was in outstanding form for QPR between September and Christmas, but he… Read more →
Queens Park Rangers continued their promising September form with a 2-0 win over an uncharacteristically poor Millwall side thanks to goals from Massimo Luongo and Eberechi Eze. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Queens Park Rangers Joe Lumley – the goalkeeper has performed superbly since replacing Matt Ingram, keeping four clean sheets in five… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Queens Park Rangers fan Wayne Sumner (@bexhoops). Queens Park Rangers haven’t had roaring success on the field recently, but over the last couple of years you have reduced the wage bill and lowered the average age. Do you see that as an important… 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 →
Queens Park Rangers broke an unwanted EFL record in unwanted circumstances – a 4-0 defeat to a free-flowing Forest side. Here’s six talking points from the game. QPR’s lack of pace The visitors started the brighter: quick to second balls with a grip on central areas, but when they got into good positions, they lacked… 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 →
Adama Traore’s suspension is not ideal for Middlesbrough. There were signs at Bolton, where he played a highly influential role in setting up two of the goals, that he could find some form. There are not many players in world football who are quicker than Traore but as well that attribute, he also showed the… Read more →