Preston North End FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Preston North End FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — Championship at Deepdale.
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
- Queens Park Rangers FC 46 games · 58 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Kirk (England)
- Assistant 1 Johnathon Bickerdike (England)
- Assistant 2 Shaun Hudson
- Assistant 2 Mark Russell
26 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr Queens Park Rangers FC H 1–1 D 03 Apr Leicester City FC A 2–2 D 20 Mar Stoke City FC H 3–1 W 14 Mar Norwich City FC A 0–2 L 11 Mar Coventry City FC A 0–3 L 06 Mar Oxford United FC H 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr Preston North End FC A 1–1 D 03 Apr Watford FC H 2–1 W 21 Mar Portsmouth FC H 6–1 W 14 Mar Leicester City FC A 3–1 W 11 Mar Birmingham City FC A 0–1 L 08 Mar Middlesbrough FC H 0–4 L Season Stats
Preston North End FC Queens Park Rangers FC #14 Position #15 60 Points 58 46 Played 46 15 / 15 / 16 W / D / L 16 / 10 / 20 55 Scored 61 62 Conceded 73 -7 GD -12 1.30 PPG 1.26 33% Win % 35% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season22% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this seasonPreston North End FC are 14th (60 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 15th (58 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Preston North End FC0-151/416-303/231-452/–46-602/161-751/176+1/4■ Scored ■ ConcededQueens Park Rangers FC0-151/416-301/231-45–/–46-601/161-751/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Preston North End FCLewis Dobbin 10 G 7 A Alfie Devine 8 G 6 A Milutin Osmajic 8 G 1 A Queens Park Rangers FCRumarn Burrell 10 G 2 A Richard Kone 10 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Preston North End FC to score. At the same time, Queens Park Rangers FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Lewis Gibson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' Queens Park Rangers FC is showing some good football. However, Queens Park Rangers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 13' Jonathan Varane was booked on 13.
- 18' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 23' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 28' Queens Park Rangers FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alfie Devine made 385 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 43' Supporters expect more eagerness from Richard Kone, as he is very good at scoring at Deepdale with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 46' GOAL! Brad Potts scores on 46. Assisted by Alfie Devine
- 46' Pol Valentin Sancho is replacing Odel Offiah for the Preston North End FC side.
- 51' Preston North End FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' 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 Paul Smyth suffering a number of foals already.
- 61' Preston North End FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 65' Kieran Morgan is having his name booked by the referee on 65.
- 66' Time for substitution for Preston North End FC. Andrija Vukcevic is replaced by Thierry Small.
- 67' Another change for Queens Park Rangers FC made on 67 minute. Paul Smyth leaves to be changed by Kwame Poku.
- 72' It is a substitution in Queens Park Rangers FC team. Rayan Kolli is replaced by Daniel Bennie on 72 minute.
- 76' It’s a booking for Preston North End FC player. Lewis Gibson gets a card.
- 77' Time for substitution for Preston North End FC. Lewis Dobbin is replaced by Daniel Jebbison.
- 82' What a strike from Thierry Small! The score is 2-0.
- 85' Another substitution for Queens Park Rangers FC to replace Amadou Salif Mbengue by Jake Clarke-Salter on 85 minute.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Jake Clarke-Salter. He receives a card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
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Brad Potts ↓ Andrew Moran 66'
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Lewis Dobbin ↓ Daniel Jebbison 77'
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Bench
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Pol Valentin Sancho ↑ 46'
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Thierry Small ↑ 66'
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Daniel Jebbison ↑ 77'
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Andrew Moran ↑ 66'
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Coach Paul HeckingbottomQueens Park Rangers FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Paul Smyth ↓ Kwame Poku 67'
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Jonathan Varane ↓ Isaac Hayden 72'
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Rayan Kolli ↓ Daniel Bennie 72'
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Bench
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Isaac Hayden ↑ 72'
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Jake Clarke-Salter ↑ 85'
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Kwame Poku ↑ 67'
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Daniel Bennie ↑ 72'
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Coach Julien Stéphan -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lyndon Dykes 3 Eberechi Eze 3 Jimmy Dunne 3 Daniel Johnson 2 Thomas Cannon 2 Alan Browne 2 Brad Potts 2 Michael Frey 1 Head to Head
Preston North End FC Form
2026-04-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2026-04-03 Leicester City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC D 2026-03-20 Preston North End FC 3–1 Stoke City FC W 2026-03-14 Norwich City FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-03-11 Coventry City FC 3–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-03-06 Preston North End FC 1–3 Oxford United FC LQueens Park Rangers FC Form
2026-04-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2026-04-03 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Watford FC W 2026-03-21 Queens Park Rangers FC 6–1 Portsmouth FC W 2026-03-14 Leicester City FC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2026-03-11 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2026-03-08 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–4 Middlesbrough FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.43 Preston North End FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.38 Queens Park Rangers FC xGI would bet for: Preston North End FC or Queens Park Rangers FC 72% + Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.81Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Preston North End FC or Draw 65%Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC 63%Preston North End FC or Queens Park Rangers FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.2%0 – 0 7.9%1 – 2 7.9%1 – 0 7.7%0 – 1 7.4%2 – 0 6%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 2 5.7%3 – 1 3.9%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 0 2.8%Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC
Handicap Preston North End FC covers Push Queens Park Rangers FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 11% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 19% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 19% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.