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

Queens Park Rangers and Millwall get their 2026-27 campaigns underway successful an EFL Cup archetypal circular necktie connected Saturday afternoon.

While the Hoops volition privation to enactment unneurotic an improved play successful the Championship, Millwall indispensable flooded the disappointment of missing retired connected promotion to the Premier League.

Match preview

Having ended 2025-26 connected a six-game winless streak that included 4 successive defeats, Julien Stephan's occupation astatine QPR felt precise overmuch astatine risk.

However, the Hoops committee person decided to clasp the services of the Frenchman, who yet matched the erstwhile season's finishing presumption which remains the highest successful 4 years.

The extremity volition present beryllium to person QPR situation for the extended Championship playoffs, and an unbeaten pre-season run suggests that the West Londoners are successful bully shape.

A 3-2 triumph implicit Fiorentina was the standout result, but a 7-0 triumph was recorded implicit League One outfit Bromley past week.

QPR person made 5 signings truthful far, astir notably erstwhile Brighton & Hove Albion full-back Tariq Lamptey and ex-Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara.

Meanwhile, Millwall volition effort to shingle disconnected the vexation of ending past play successful 3rd spot and losing successful the Championship playoff semi-finals.

Alex Neil volition spot positives successful taking the Lions truthful adjacent to promotion, yet the East London outfit are fundamentally starting afresh having made 7 caller signings and inactive yet to usage the indebtedness market.

Mechelen playmaker Mathis Servais has been signed for £5.1m, portion erstwhile France Under-19 planetary Tairyk Arconte is different eye-catching summation for the last third.

Despite ending pre-season with a 1-0 triumph implicit Antwerp, Millwall had antecedently failed to bushed Gillingham, Stevenage and Bromley.

Queens Park Rangers signifier (friendlies):

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Millwall signifier (friendlies):

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Team News

Stephan volition instrumentality players from the wins implicit Bromley and AFC Wimbledon successful the abstraction of 24 hours past week and enactment them into his strongest QPR XI.

Koki Saito's 33-minute quality against AFC Wimbledon was pre-planned, with the playmaker successful contention to feature, but Rumarn Burrell could beryllium named among the replacements.

New signings Pierce Charles and Boy Kemper could start, but Kamara volition apt beryllium connected the substitutes' seat astatine champion having lone joined connected Monday.

Neil could manus starts to caller Millwall signings Jenson Metcalfe and Kyrell Lisbie.

Josh Coburn volition beryllium hoping that his 10 goals past play support him up of Frenchman Arconte.

Queens Park Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Mbengue, Dunne, Clarke-Salter, Kemper, Varane, Morgan, Saito, Chair, Smyth, Kone

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Crocombe; Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Taylor, Sturge, De Norre, Metcalfe, Neghli, Coburn, Lisbie

We say: Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Millwall

Despite the quality betwixt these 2 teams past season, we expect this contention to beryllium highly competitive. Although some clubs person made immoderate notable additions, QPR could borderline this London derby, helped by the signings made successful defence and midfield.

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