Cardiff City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

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Queens Park Rangers FC

Wed 20 Jan 2021 · 19:00 UTC Cardiff City Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'

Y 36' Yoann Barbet

Y 48' Geoff Cameron

Y 89' Ilias Chair

Overview

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

Cardiff City FC 8 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Queens Park Rangers FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kevin Johnson
Referee Darren Bond
Referee Mark Pottage
Referee Mark Russell

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-01-20 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Queens Park Rangers FC 2020-10-31 Queens Park Rangers FC 3–2 Cardiff City FC 2020-01-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 6–1 Cardiff City FC 2019-10-02 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Queens Park Rangers FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jan	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–1	L
16 Jan	Norwich City FC	H	1–2	L
09 Jan	Nottingham Forest FC	A	0–1	L
29 Dec	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	1–2	L
26 Dec	Brentford FC	H	2–3	L
19 Dec	Norwich City FC	A	0–2	L

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jan	Cardiff City FC	A	1–0	W
12 Jan	Luton Town FC	A	2–0	W
09 Jan	Fulham FC	H	0–2	L
29 Dec	Norwich City FC	A	1–1	D
26 Dec	Swansea City AFC	H	0–2	L
19 Dec	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Queens Park Rangers FC
#21	Position	#6
7	Points	13
8	Played	8
1 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 1
10	Scored	10
12	Conceded	7
-2	GD	+3
0.88	PPG	1.63
13%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 21st (7 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 6th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

4/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

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

Queens Park Rangers FC

Ilias Chair	2 G	1 A
Rumarn Burrell	2 G	1 A
Koki Saito	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Cardiff City FC and Queens Park Rangers FC has kicked off!
5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' Cardiff City FC is showing some good football. However, Cardiff City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' Cardiff City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' Queens Park Rangers FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
35' Dominic Ball has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
36' Yoann Barbet catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 36.
41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Queens Park Rangers FC winning 100% of all matches.
46' Todd Kane has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
48' A moment of madness from Geoff Cameron on 48 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Queens Park Rangers FC will be frustrated.
53' Cardiff City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Queens Park Rangers FC's shape.
55' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Max Watters is replaced by Mark Harris on 55 minute.
60' Alex Smithies is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Queens Park Rangers FC so far.
65' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
70' Fresh legs for Queens Park Rangers FC! Macauley Bonne comes on to replace Charlie Austin.
71' Chris Willock is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
76' A tactical swap from Cardiff City FC — Sheyi Ojo on, Will Vaulks off on 76 minutes.
81' It is a cagey affair so far. Cardiff City FC in their trying to find a way past Queens Park Rangers FC's compact .
83' Another substitution for Queens Park Rangers FC to replace Chris Willock by Osman Kakay on 83 minute.
85' Josh Murphy is replacing Harry Wilson for the Cardiff City FC side.
89' A moment of madness from Ilias Chair on 89 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Queens Park Rangers FC will be frustrated.
Full Time. Queens Park Rangers FC beats Cardiff City FC

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

29
Mark Harris ↑ 55'
11
Josh Murphy ↑ 85'
33
Junior Hoilett
1
Dillon Phillips
27
Sheyi Ojo ↑ 76'
9
Robert Glatzel ↑ 76'
28
Thomas Sang
32
Joel Bagan
36
Keenan Patten

Coach Neil Harris

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mark Warburton

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2021-01-20 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2021-01-16 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Norwich City FC L 2021-01-09 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC L 2020-12-29 Wycombe Wanderers FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2020-12-26 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Brentford FC L 2020-12-19 Norwich City FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2021-01-20 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2021-01-12 Luton Town FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2021-01-09 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Fulham FC L 2020-12-29 Norwich City FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2020-12-26 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Swansea City AFC L 2020-12-19 Wycombe Wanderers FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.92 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC23% Draw27% Queens Park Rangers FC50%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

50%

Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC

77%

Cardiff City FC or Queens Park Rangers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC16% Draw47% Queens Park Rangers FC37%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

10%

0 – 0

9.9%

1 – 2

9.2%

1 – 0

6.3%

0 – 3

5.3%

2 – 1

5.2%

1 – 3

2 – 2

4.3%

2 – 0

3.3%

2 – 3

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Queens Park Rangers FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	13%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	24%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	16%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

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