Queens Park Rangers FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Queens Park Rangers FC

0 – 4

Full Time

Blackburn Rovers FC

Sat 7 Oct 2023 · 14:00 UTC Loftus Road HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 19' Tyrhys Dolan

0–2 23' Arnor Sigurdsson

0–3 59' Arnor Sigurdsson

0–4 66' Samuel Szmodics

Jake Clarke-Salter 22' Y

Y 43' Samuel Szmodics

Y 90' Zak Gilsenan

Paul Smyth 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Queens Park Rangers FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Josh Smith (England)
Assistant 1 Matthew Jones
Assistant 2 Sam Lewis (England)

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

Queens Park Rangers FC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–4 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-02-25 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2022-07-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-02-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2021-10-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–4	L
04 Oct	Leeds United FC	A	0–1	L
30 Sep	Coventry City FC	H	1–3	L
22 Sep	Birmingham City FC	A	0–0	D
19 Sep	Swansea City AFC	H	1–1	D
16 Sep	Sunderland AFC	H	1–3	L

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	4–0	W
04 Oct	Coventry City FC	A	0–1	L
01 Oct	Leicester City FC	H	1–4	L
23 Sep	Ipswich Town FC	A	3–4	L
20 Sep	Sunderland AFC	H	1–3	L
16 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Queens Park Rangers FC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#8	Position	#13
24	Points	21
15	Played	15
6 / 6 / 3	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 6
24	Scored	22
18	Conceded	23
+6	GD	-1
1.60	PPG	1.40
40%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Queens Park Rangers FC are 8th (24 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

7/4

61-75

1/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

Andri Gudjohnsen	10 G	1 A
Oladapo Afolayan	5 G	2 A
Todd Cantwell	2 G
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Loftus Road. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Queens Park Rangers FC that had 393 games and scored 421 goals.
10' Ireland international Sinclair Armstrong has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gareth Ainsworth will be considering his options from the bench.
19' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tyrhys Dolan makes no mistake. 0-1!
22' It’s a booking for Queens Park Rangers FC player. Jake Clarke-Salter gets a Yellow card.
23' Against the run of play, Arnor Sigurdsson has scored! This game has turned on its head.
28' Andrew Moran, a Ireland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
33' Queens Park Rangers FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jimmy Dunne scoring 1 goals.
38' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
43' That is a Yellow card for Blackburn Rovers FC. Samuel Szmodics will be fuming at that decision.
48' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
53' Harry Pickering is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Queens Park Rangers FC so far.
58' It’s high time Jon Dahl Tomasson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
59' Arnor Sigurdsson is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
61' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Dilan Markanday by Callum Brittain on 61 minute.
66' What a strike from Samuel Szmodics! The score is 0-4.
71' Queens Park Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Paul Smyth is hanging Jack Colback on the field on 71 minute.
74' Osman Kakay is replacing Ziyad Larkeche for the Queens Park Rangers FC side.
77' Niall Ennis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tyrhys Dolan on 77 minute.
79' The whistle greets Stephen Duke-McKenna as he departs to be replaced by Elijah Dixon-Bonner.
84' 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.
89' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Samuel Szmodics by Zak Gilsenan on 89 minute.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Zak Gilsenan on 90.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Blackburn Rovers FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

3
Jimmy Dunne
1
Asmir Begovic
4
Jack Colback ↓ Paul Smyth 71'
17
Andre Dozzell
10
Ilias Chair
24
Stephen Duke-McKenna ↓ Elijah Dixon-Bonner 79'
6
Jake Clarke-Salter
22
Kenneth Paal
9
Lyndon Dykes
30
Sinclair Armstrong ↓ Rayan Kolli 79'
21
Ziyad Larkeche ↓ Osman Kakay 74'

Bench

Coach Gareth Ainsworth

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

11
Joe Rankin-Costello
4
James Hill
8
Samuel Szmodics ↓ Zak Gilsenan 89'
5
Dominic Hyam
3
Harry Pickering
7
Arnor Sigurdsson ↓ Andrew Moran 61'
6
Sondre Tronstad ↓ Lewis Travis 61'
17
Hayden Carter
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Niall Ennis 77'
18
Dilan Markanday ↓ Callum Brittain 61'
12
Leopold Wahlstedt

Bench

2
Callum Brittain ↑ 61'
27
Lewis Travis ↑ 61'
16
Scott Wharton
14
Niall Ennis ↑ 77'
34
Joe Hilton
30
Jake Garrett
24
Andrew Moran ↑ 61'
33
Semir Telalovic
22
Zak Gilsenan ↑ 89'

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Adam Armstrong	4
Bradley Dack	3
Sam Gallagher	3
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Lewis Travis	2
Jordan Hugill	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Arnor Sigurdsson	2

Head to Head

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2023-10-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–4 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-10-04 Leeds United FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2023-09-30 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Coventry City FC L 2023-09-22 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2023-09-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2023-09-16 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC L

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2023-10-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–4 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2023-10-04 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-10-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–4 Leicester City FC L 2023-09-23 Ipswich Town FC 4–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-09-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC L 2023-09-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.36 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Queens Park Rangers FC or Blackburn Rovers FC 74% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC29% Draw26% Blackburn Rovers FC45%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.14

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

55%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

71%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC23% Draw43% Blackburn Rovers FC34%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–4 not predicted

0 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

11.4%

1 – 2

0 – 1

2 – 1

6.8%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

1 – 3

5.3%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

2 – 0

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	15%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	21%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	14%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

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