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

Queens Park Rangers volition look Lincoln City for the archetypal clip successful 55 years erstwhile the 2 sides fastener horns astatine Loftus Road connected Saturday.

The R's are presently sitting successful 11th spot successful the Championship table, portion the visitors commencement the play successful 19th position. 

Match preview

QPR whitethorn beryllium 1 constituent adrift of the apical eight, but they person recovered wins hard to travel by implicit the past mates of months, having won conscionable 2 of their past 10 matches.

The astir caller of those victories came via an emphatic 5-0 scoreline against Swansea City, lone to autumn to a dense 4-1 nonaccomplishment distant to Southampton a week later.

Julien Stephan's broadside took a constituent from their latest outing against Burnley, with Jonathan Varane netting a second-half equaliser successful a 1-1 gully astatine Loftus Road connected Tuesday.

They should fancy their chances of picking up astatine slightest different constituent from Saturday's fixture, considering they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their 7 location league games this play (W3, D3).

A sturdy backline has helped supply the instauration for their beardown location form, having conceded conscionable six goals successful their 7 outings astatine Loftus Road, with lone 2 teams letting successful less connected location turf. 

While they person not faced Lincoln since 1971, QPR person won 4 of their erstwhile six authoritative meetings with the Imps (D1, L1).

Lincoln, meanwhile, are focusing connected preserving their Championship presumption successful their archetypal play successful the 2nd tier since the 1960-61 season.

The Imps are presently sitting 5 points supra the bottommost 3 aft winning four, drafting 3 and losing 7 of their 14 Championship outings this season.

They person struggled to adhd to their points tally successful caller times, having mislaid 5 of their erstwhile 7 matches, including their past 2 outings against Birmingham and Watford.

The Imps fell to a 3-1 location nonaccomplishment against Blues past weekend, earlier they were beaten by a constrictive 1-0 scoreline successful their midweek distant clash against the Hornets.

As a effect of Tuesday's loss, Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw's broadside person present gone 3 distant games without a triumph since starting the Championship run with 3 consecutive victories connected the road. 

They person the league's associated third-best antiaircraft distant grounds with 8 goals conceded, though they person netted conscionable six times connected their travels successful the Championship this term. 

Queens Park Rangers Championship form:

Lincoln City Championship form:

Team News

QPR guardant Alfie Jones volition beryllium retired until the caller twelvemonth aft sustaining a hamstring wounded successful the decision to Southampton past weekend.

The R’s are besides without the services of Amadou Mbengue, Tariq Lamptey, Nicolas Madsen and Rumarn Burrell, portion determination are doubts surrounding Jake Clarke-Salter’s availability.

Richard Kone, who has netted 4 goals successful the past 3 games, is expected to beryllium disposable for enactment contempt appearing to beryllium forced disconnected with a carnal contented successful the midweek gully with Burnley.

As for the Imps, they stay without the injured duo of Tendayi Darikwa and Mason Melia, portion Conor McGrandles is simply a uncertainty aft missing the past 2 matches.

Forward Ben House volition driblet retired of the squad to service a one-match prohibition aft picking up his 5th yellowish paper of the Championship play successful Tuesday’s decision to Watford.

Lincoln are hopeful that Mikkel Ladefoged and Ethan Wheatley volition beryllium their fittingness successful clip for the travel to Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Adamson, Dunne, Edwards, Kemper; Poku, Varane, Kamara, Vale; Kone, Smyth

Lincoln City imaginable starting lineup:

Wickens; Coubis, Elerewe, Bradley, Reach; Konak, Varfolomeev; Hackett, Street, Jefferies; Draper

We say: Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Lincoln City

QPR whitethorn not beryllium successful the champion of form, but they person proven to beryllium a pugnacious squad to bushed connected location turf this term, and considering Lincoln person mislaid 5 of their past 7 matches, we deliberation the signs points to a location triumph connected Saturday.

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