Queens Park Rangers vs Middlesbrough - prediction, team news, lineups

Queens Park Rangers play big to Middlesbrough connected Saturday day looking to widen their unbeaten league grounds to 5 matches.

At a clip erstwhile QPR beryllium successful 2nd spot successful the Championship table, Middlesbrough are successful 5th and would determination up of their opponents with a triumph astatine Loftus Road.

Match preview

Having ended past play with 4 successive defeats, fewer radical would person anticipated thing different than an indifferent commencement for QPR successful 2026-27.

Instead, Julien Stephan's broadside person been outstanding, racking up 10 points and conceding conscionable 3 goals crossed their opening 4 matches.

Although determination was vexation aft a goalless gully astatine location to newly-promoted Bolton Wanderers, the Hoops person since responded with 2-1 victories implicit Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City.

QPR are conscionable 1 of 3 teams successful the Championship to stay unbeaten, portion lone Swansea City person conceded less goals than the West Londoners.

Encouragingly, their 7 goals person been shared crossed 5 players, with Ilias Chair and Rumarn Burrell some having 2 goals and 1 assistance apiece.

Middlesbrough person gone 5 matches crossed each competitions without keeping a cleanable sheet, thing that volition people interest Kim Hellberg.

At the aforesaid time, fewer radical volition reason that Middlesbrough person conducted the champion transportation concern of the 24 Championship teams and it whitethorn lone instrumentality clip for immoderate consistency to beryllium found.

Despite a astonishment 2-1 decision astatine Blackburn Rovers, Boro person since responded with 4 points from games against West Bromwich Albion and Burnley.

Will Lankshear is proving to beryllium an inspired bargain from Tottenham Hotspur, the 21-year-old guardant already having six goals successful each competitions for the season.

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Team News

Stephan could manus contiguous recalls to the likes of Chair, Paul Smyth and Richard Kone aft rotating immoderate of his QPR XI successful midweek.

However, Boy Kemper and Karamoko Dembele some stay connected the sidelines done injury.

Brighton & Hove Albion loanee Amario Cozier-Duberry whitethorn beryllium handed an contiguous debut connected the close flank.

That could spot Riley McGree driblet retired of the starting lineup, portion Tommy Conway is besides pushing for a callback successful the last third.

New £4.3m signing Rokas Pukstas whitethorn person to stay diligent for a debut successful midfield.

Queens Park Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Mbengue, Dunne, Edwards, Lamptey; Vale, Madsen, Kamara, Chair; Kone, Burrell

Middlesbrough imaginable starting lineup:

Vitek; Brittain, Ayling, Jones, Borges; Berhalter, Malanda, Morris; Cozier-Duberry, Lankshear, Joseph

We say: Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Middlesbrough

This has the makings of the crippled of the weekend, with QPR softly being spoken astir arsenic astonishment promotion contenders. However, Middlesbrough person enactment unneurotic a formidable squad, and we astatine slightest expect Hellberg's broadside to gain a stock of the spoils successful an entertaining fixture.

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