Cardiff City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Cardiff City FC

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Queens Park Rangers FC

Wed 27 Nov 2024 · 19:45 UTC Cardiff City Stadium 16,205 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 40' Zan Celar

0–2 90+3' Zan Celar

Y 85' Jimmy Dunne

Overview

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Cardiff City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
Queens Park Rangers FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Stephen Martin (England)
Assistant 1 Mark Dwyer
Assistant 2 Lee Venamore

4 games this season 🟨 5.0/game ⚽ 11.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Cardiff City FC 13 games · Avg 2.6 goals Queens Park Rangers FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-11-27 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2024-01-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2023-08-12 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-12-26 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-10-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 3–0 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–2	L
23 Nov	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–1	D
09 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–3	L
06 Nov	Luton Town FC	A	0–1	L
02 Nov	Norwich City FC	H	2–1	W
26 Oct	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–0	D

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	Cardiff City FC	A	2–0	W
23 Nov	Stoke City FC	H	1–1	D
09 Nov	Leeds United FC	A	0–2	L
05 Nov	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–4	L
02 Nov	Sunderland AFC	H	0–0	D
26 Oct	Burnley FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Queens Park Rangers FC
#14	Position	#8
18	Points	24
15	Played	15
4 / 6 / 5	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 3
27	Scored	24
27	Conceded	18
+0	GD	+6
1.20	PPG	1.60
27%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 8th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

0-15

4/6

16-30

3/5

31-45

9/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

5/2

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

3/4

31-45

6/2

46-60

2/3

61-75

5/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

Jack Moylan	10 G	3 A
Yousef Salech	5 G	1 A
Cian Ashford	2 G	2 A
Rubin Colwill	1 G	1 A

Queens Park Rangers FC

Richard Kone	5 G	1 A
Paul Smyth	3 G	1 A
Jimmy Dunne	3 G
Ilias Chair	2 G	1 A
Rumarn Burrell	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Cardiff City FC and Queens Park Rangers FC is underway.
5' Queens Park Rangers FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Paul Nardi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
20' England international Joe Ralls has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
25' The travelling Queens Park Rangers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' Queens Park Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kieran Morgan suffering a number of foals already.
40' Against the run of play, Zan Celar has scored! This game has turned on its head.
45' Liam Morrison is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Cardiff City FC tonight.
50' It looks like no one’s ball. Cardiff City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
55' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marti Cifuentes will be considering his options from the bench.
60' A quiet spell here at Cardiff City Stadium. Queens Park Rangers FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
62' Chris Willock is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ollie Tanner at the 62 minute mark.
67' Kenneth Paal gets the nod from Queens Park Rangers FC. He replaces Paul Smyth and will look to change the dynamic.
72' Cardiff City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
76' The Cardiff City FC manager makes a substitution. Joe Ralls departs to be replaced by David Turnbull.
81' Fresh legs for Queens Park Rangers FC! Morgan Fox comes on to replace Liam Morrison.
82' The Cardiff City FC bench stirs into life. Dimitrios Goutas is withdrawn and Yakou Meite gets his opportunity.
85' That is a card for Queens Park Rangers FC. Jimmy Dunne will be fuming at that decision.
90' The crowd applauds Koki Saito as he leaves the pitch. Kieran Morgan steps in for Queens Park Rangers FC.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Queens Park Rangers FC take all three points.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

15
Morgan Fox ↑ 81'
22
Kenneth Paal ↑ 67'
13
Joe Walsh
19
Elijah Dixon-Bonner
25
Lucas Andersen ↑ 81'
26
Rayan Kolli ↑ 90'
23
Heverton Santos
27
Daniel Bennie
21
Kieran Morgan ↑ 90'

Coach Marti Cifuentes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nahki Wells	3
Perry Ng	2
Joe Ralls	2
Zan Celar	2
Andre Gray	2
Rumarn Burrell	2
Bright Osayi-Samuel	2
Kenneth Paal	2

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2024-11-27 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2024-11-23 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2024-11-09 Cardiff City FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2024-11-06 Luton Town FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC L 2024-11-02 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Norwich City FC W 2024-10-26 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2024-11-27 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2024-11-23 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–1 Stoke City FC D 2024-11-09 Leeds United FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2024-11-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–4 Middlesbrough FC L 2024-11-02 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Sunderland AFC D 2024-10-26 Burnley FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.2 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.73 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

I would bet for: Cardiff City FC or Queens Park Rangers FC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC28% Draw27% Queens Park Rangers FC45%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.93

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

55%

Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC

72%

Cardiff City FC or Queens Park Rangers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC20% Draw44% Queens Park Rangers FC36%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 1

8.4%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

7.1%

2 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 0

5.5%

1 – 3

5.3%

0 – 3

4.5%

2 – 0

3.8%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Queens Park Rangers FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	15%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	22%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.