MATCH THREAD: " QPR v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

QPR v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 5th March, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Loftus Road 




Cardiff City: Smithies; Ng, Flint, McGuiness; Drameh, Wintle, Ralls, Vaulks, Doughty; Hugill, Colwill.

Subs: Phillips, Bagan, Ikpeazu, Pack, King, Davies, Denham.




CARDIFF CITY SOLD 1,493 TICKETS / SO WILL ONLY HAVE THE TOP SECTION OF THE AWAY END




How is it looking for QPR?


Everyone is back in. Will and James Collins, who missed the game through illness, trained yesterday and will train again today.

Everyone is in a better place, but it’s the staff now, we are on our way out! We are struggling, us lot. But we don’t need to run around, we’ll be all right.

Steve Morison




QPR: Seny Dieng, the goalkeeper, will be unavailable due to a thigh injury, meaning Bluebirds fan favourite David Marshall will likely take the gloves.

Lee Wallace, who has missed the past three matches with a groin problem, is available again, while striker Lyndon Dykes faces a late fitness test.






1,012 tickets have been sold for the away match at QPR.


Cardiff could have up to 2,500 tickets / Come on Bluebirds



1,500 allocation initially , extra 1,000 if we sell out initial allocation.



TEAM NEWS:


Ryan Wintle, Jordan Hugill, Uche Ikpeazu, Alfie Doughty, Mark Harris and Rubin Colwill are all available after they had a bug


Elsewhere, Max Watters is still out after rolling his ankle in training, while Curtis Nelson (calf) is also absent.

Sean Morrison and Isaac Vassell have both been ruled out for the season.





Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

Not on TV in the UK.

The Opposition's Manager - Mark Warburton

Warburton has been QPR manager since May 2019.

He previously had notable spells in charge of Brentford and Rangers.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Chris Willock has seven goals and ten assists in the league this season

Previous Meeting 

QPR beat us 1-0 in November

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

QPR: Dieng, Adomah, Dickie, Dunne, Barbet, Odubajo, Field, Hendrick, Johansen, Chair, Willock

Cardiff City: Smithies, Drameh, Ng, Flint, McGuinness, Bagan, Ralls, Wintle, Doyle, Davies, Hugill

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 QPR
QPR 2-1 Blackpool
QPR 1-1 Hull City

Cardiff City 1-0 Derby County
Cardiff City 0-1 Fulham
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Cardiff City

Match Odds

QPR - 11/10
Cardiff City - 5/2
Draw - 23/10

Predictions

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1,012 tickets have been sold for the away match at QPR.


Cardiff could have up to 2,500 tickets / Come on Bluebirds



1,500 allocation initially , extra 1,000 if we sell out initial allocation.

TEAM NEWS:

Ryan Wintle, Jordan Hugill, Uche Ikpeazu, Alfie Doughty, Mark Harris and Rubin Colwill are all available after they had a bug


Elsewhere, Max Watters is still out after rolling his ankle in training, while Curtis Nelson (calf) is also absent.

Sean Morrison and Isaac Vassell have both been ruled out for the season.

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‘’Derby County 21 points deducted / Fighting every week

‘Reading 6 points deducted and are now fighting back.

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What's the latest team news?





Cardiff City will be able to welcome back both James Collins and Will Vaulks after they both recovered from a sickness bug.

The Bluebirds were hit with illness over the last week, but Steve Morison said that has now gone through the players and is now only affecting coaching staff.

Max Watters is still out after rolling his ankle in training, while Curtis Nelson (calf) is also absent.

Sean Morrison and Isaac Vassell have both been ruled out for the season.

For the hosts, Seny Dieng, the goalkeeper, will be unavailable due to a thigh injury, meaning Bluebirds fan favourite David Marshall will likely take the gloves.

Lee Wallace, who has missed the past three matches with a groin problem, is available again, while striker Lyndon Dykes faces a late fitness test.

What are the latest betting odds?



QPR - 23/20


Draw - 9/4


Cardiff - 5/2

Match facts:



QPR have won their last four league matches against Cardiff City and are looking to win five in a row for the first time.


Cardiff have lost 15 of their last 19 away league matches against Queens Park Rangers (W3 D1), losing their last four games in a row.


Since losing back-to-back home league matches against Stoke and Bournemouth in December, QPR have gone unbeaten at home, winning three and drawing three.



Cardiff have lost four of their last six away league games (W1 D1), as many defeats as in their previous 14 on the road.



Andre Gray has scored five Championship goals for QPR this season, however all five have come away from home (the best 100% such ratio in the division this term).

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Colwill back in team.

Cardiff City: Smithies; Ng, Flint, McGuiness; Drameh, Wintle, Ralls, Vaulks, Doughty; Hugill, Colwill.

Subs: Phillips, Bagan, Ikpeazu, Pack, King, Davies, Denham.

Doughty nicks the ball off Odubajo but then plays McGuinness into trouble, luckily the centre-back does well to get the ball clear under pressure.

Colwill embarks on a mazy run down the right after intercepting a QPR pass, but he runs away from support and can't find anyone. QPR clear.

Save!

What a save from Marshall. Colwill does well again and plays in Hugill. The striker takes a touch and belts it at goal, but is denied by an incredible save from the former Bluebirds keeper.

Willock cuts inside and lets off a left-footed shot, but Flint gets his head to it and clears.

Barbet sends in a low cross, but Flint again does well to slide in and get it away.

Jimmy Dunne with an elbow to Hugill's head. The striker goes down and it's a free-kick to City in QPR's half

The hosts try to break but Ng does well to dispossess Gray.

Colwill does well to win a corner.

Good spell there from Cardiff, which ends up with Flint hooking the ball back into the box. It evades the home defenders and lands on Hugill's foot, but squirts wide.

GOAL! QPR 1-0 Cardiff City (Gray 38)
Goal for QPR.

Odubajo whips in a dangerous cross and Ng can only get a foot on it, but it spills into a dangerous area and Andre Gray belts it home from six yards out.

Almost a second!

Chair is found with a long ball forward and Cardiff are carved open. He lays off Wallace inside the area but Smithies saves well from a tight angle.

H-T 1-0

QPR commentary on Ifollow is so biased. Swear QPR are Brazil.

Unbelievable the bias being shown by the commentator's to QPR.
I'll turn the sound off 2nd half .

Unbelievable the bias being shown by the commentator's to QPR.
I'll turn the sound off 2nd half .

and these are some of the less biased commentators.

Yorkshire and the North East are appallingly biased and blinkered. Cannot listen to boro or Barnsley.