Queens Park Rangers vs Cardiff City - prediction, team news, lineups

Cardiff City volition marque the travel from the Welsh superior to the English superior connected Wednesday nighttime erstwhile they look Queens Park Rangers astatine Loftus Road successful the Championship.

Both sides maintained their unbeaten league starts astatine the weekend, with the Rs coming from down to bushed Blackburn Rovers portion the Bluebirds were progressive successful an entertaining 2-2 gully with Sheffield United successful South Wales.

Match preview

Following a 15th-placed decorativeness successful the 2025-26 campaign, Queens Park Rangers volition beryllium hoping to nutrient a much accordant play aft ending the erstwhile play conscionable 11 points wide of the relegation zone.

The West London nine person strengthened their squad during the summer, bringing successful erstwhile Premier League full-backs Dennis Cirkin and Tariq Lamptey connected escaped transfers, portion goalkeeper Pierce Charles and Glen Kamara person arrived connected loan.

Julien Stephan's broadside person made a affirmative commencement to the caller campaign, beating Portsmouth and Blackburn either broadside of a goalless gully with Bolton Wanderers, though their League Cup run ended astatine the archetypal hurdle pursuing a penalty-shootout decision to Millwall successful which they failed to person immoderate of their 4 spot kicks.

One of the astir encouraging aspects of QPR's aboriginal signifier has been their quality to respond erstwhile falling behind, with some league victories requiring second-half comebacks.

They overturned a shortage to bushed Portsmouth 3-1 earlier producing different turnaround astatine Ewood Park connected Saturday, wherever Paul Smyth and Jimmy Dunne struck aft the interruption to unafraid a 2-1 triumph implicit Blackburn.

Stephan's broadside present caput into the 4th league sitting among the unbeaten sides and volition beryllium hoping to support their momentum against different squad yet to sensation defeat. 

As for Cardiff City, they person made an unbeaten instrumentality to the Championship pursuing their solitary play successful League One.

Under Irish manager Brian Barry-Murphy, the Bluebirds finished 2nd past play with 91 points from 46 matches, signaling the division's champion attacking grounds arsenic they secured an contiguous instrumentality to the 2nd tier.

Cardiff person besides strengthened during the summer, with Lincoln City attacking midfielder Jack Moylan arriving aft helping the Imps triumph the League One title, portion goalkeeper Nathan Trott has made his determination imperishable aft a palmy indebtedness spell astatine the Cardiff City Stadium.

Those additions person helped Cardiff marque a dependable start, though Barry-Murphy's broadside are inactive searching for their archetypal league triumph aft drafting each 3 of their opening Championship matches.

Saturday's 2-2 gully with Sheffield United was the astir melodramatic of those stalemates, with Moylan opening the scoring wrong 2 minutes earlier the Bluebirds conceded doubly wrong the adjacent 5 minutes.

Cian Ashford pulled them level conscionable earlier half-time, but Cardiff were incapable to find a victor contempt having taken the pb truthful aboriginal successful the contest.

Barry-Murphy's broadside did statesman the run with an EFL Cup triumph implicit Swindon Town, winning 3-2, earlier Norwich City ended their cupful tally successful the pursuing round. 

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Team News

Queens Park Rangers came done Saturday's triumph without immoderate caller wounded concerns, though Stephan continues to person respective players unavailable for selection.

Summer accomplishment Boy Kemper has managed conscionable 20 minutes of Championship shot since joining the nine and remains sidelined portion helium continues his recovery.

Karamoko Dembele and Justin Obikwu are besides unavailable, with neither subordinate having featured since January.

Cardiff, meanwhile, could beryllium forced into a antiaircraft alteration aft Krystian Bielik was forced disconnected connected his debut with an injury.

Calum Scanlon is truthful successful contention to regenerate the erstwhile Birmingham City player, with Bielik joining chap defenders Dylan Lawlor, William Fish and Calum Chambers connected the sidelines.

Yousef Salech has already scored 4 goals successful each competitions this play and is expected to proceed starring the line, portion Ruben Colwill should run successful the fig 10 relation down him.

Queens Park Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Lamptey, Dunne, Clarke-Slater, Cirkin; Smyth, Edwards, Kamara, Chair; Kone, Burrell

Cardiff City imaginable starting lineup:

Trott; Ng, Scanlon, Osho, Bagan; Robertson, Ashford; Tanner, R. Colwill, Moylan, Salech

We say: Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Cardiff City

With neither broadside having suffered decision successful the Championship, we expect different intimately fought contention astatine Loftus Road.

Cardiff's tally of draws should continue, with QPR besides apt to settee for a stock of the points contempt their beardown commencement to the campaign.

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