Preston North End FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Queens Park Rangers FC

Fri 18 Apr 2025 · 14:00 UTC Deepdale 14,922 HT 45' · FT 45'

Liam Lindsay 45+5' 1–0

1–1 80' Michael Frey

1–2 90+3' Lucas Andersen

Y 48' Rayan Kolli

Ben Whiteman 52' Y

Y 70' Harrison Ashby

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — Championship at Deepdale.

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Queens Park Rangers FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Simpson
Assistant 1 Sam Lewis (England)
Assistant 2 Hristo Karaivanov

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

Preston North End FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Queens Park Rangers FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-18 Preston North End FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2024-12-21 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2024-04-20 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC 2023-12-01 Preston North End FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2023-04-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–2	L
12 Apr	Leeds United FC	A	1–2	L
08 Apr	Cardiff City FC	H	2–2	D
05 Apr	Stoke City FC	H	1–1	D
02 Apr	Derby County FC	A	0–2	L
30 Mar	Aston Villa FC	H	0–3	L

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Preston North End FC	A	2–1	W
12 Apr	Bristol City FC	H	1–1	D
09 Apr	Oxford United FC	A	3–1	W
05 Apr	Cardiff City FC	H	0–0	D
29 Mar	Stoke City FC	A	1–3	L
15 Mar	Leeds United FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Queens Park Rangers FC
#23	Position	#6
4	Points	13
8	Played	8
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 1
8	Scored	10
15	Conceded	7
-7	GD	+3
0.50	PPG	1.63
13%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 6th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ 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)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

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 ball is rolling at Deepdale. Preston North End FC are looking to make home advantage count against Queens Park Rangers FC.
5' Rayan Kolli has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 382 appearances.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Preston North End FC and Queens Park Rangers FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Preston North End FC that had 383 games and scored 420 goals.
20' Preston North End FC have won 420 goals from 383 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' Mads Frokjaer-Jensen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 12 Yellow cards this season.
35' 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.
40' Rayan Kolli gets the nod from Queens Park Rangers FC. He replaces Koki Saito and will look to change the dynamic.
45' Queens Park Rangers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
46' It is a substitution in Queens Park Rangers FC team. Karamoko Dembele is replaced by Paul Smyth on 46 minute.
48' Rayan Kolli catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 48.
50' A goal from the Scotland international Liam Lindsay! He fires home on 45 to make it 1-0!
52' Controversy at the stadium! Ben Whiteman argues furiously but the card stands.
57' Both keepers have barely been tested. Preston North End FC and Queens Park Rangers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
62' Min-hyuk Yang has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
66' The Queens Park Rangers FC bench stirs into life. Min-hyuk Yang is withdrawn and Kenneth Paal gets his opportunity.
70' That looks like a foul for a card for Harrison Ashby.
74' Another change for Queens Park Rangers FC made on 74 minute. Harrison Ashby leaves to be changed by Michael Frey.
75' A change in the Preston North End FC ranks — Sam Greenwood exits the field as Emil Riis Jakobsen enters on 75.
80' Michael Frey does the damage! The net is bulging and Queens Park Rangers FC surge ahead!
84' Will Keane gets the nod from Preston North End FC. He replaces Stefan Teitur Thordarson and will look to change the dynamic.
89' The energy levels are beginning to show. Paul Heckingbottom might look to freshen things up shortly.
It finishes all square. Preston North End FC and Queens Park Rangers FC share the spoils 1-2.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

11
Robbie Brady
6
Liam Lindsay
16
Andrew Hughes
14
Jordan Storey
4
Ben Whiteman
13
David Cornell
28
Milutin Osmajic
20
Sam Greenwood ↓ Emil Riis Jakobsen 75'
29
Kaine Kesler
22
Stefan Teitur Thordarson ↓ Will Keane 84'
10
Mads Frokjaer-Jensen

Bench

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

12
Michael Frey ↑ 74'
15
Morgan Fox
11
Paul Smyth ↑ 46'
22
Kenneth Paal ↑ 66'
13
Joe Walsh
25
Lucas Andersen ↑ 74'
26
Rayan Kolli ↑ 40'
27
Daniel Bennie
21
Kieran Morgan

Coach Marti Cifuentes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jimmy Dunne	3
Lyndon Dykes	3
Eberechi Eze	3
Alan Browne	2
Brad Potts	2
Johnny Kenny	2
Daniel Johnson	2
Thomas Cannon	2

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2025-04-18 Preston North End FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2025-04-12 Leeds United FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2025-04-08 Preston North End FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D 2025-04-05 Preston North End FC 1–1 Stoke City FC D 2025-04-02 Derby County FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2025-03-30 Preston North End FC 0–3 Aston Villa FC L

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2025-04-18 Preston North End FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-04-12 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2025-04-09 Oxford United FC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-04-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D 2025-03-29 Stoke City FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2025-03-15 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–2 Leeds United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

0.92 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC22% Draw27% Queens Park Rangers FC51%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

49%

Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC

78%

Preston North End FC or Queens Park Rangers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC16% Draw46% Queens Park Rangers FC38%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

0 – 1

11.6%

0 – 2

10.3%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

9.3%

1 – 0

5.8%

0 – 3

5.7%

1 – 3

5.3%

2 – 1

2 – 2

4.3%

2 – 0

2 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Queens Park Rangers FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	12%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	46%	—	54%
+1	46%	24%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	17%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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.