Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Loftus Road.
- Queens Park Rangers FC 46 games · 58 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Dean Whitestone
- Assistant 1 Daniel Leach
- Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson
19 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 11 Mar Middlesbrough FC A 1–2 L 08 Mar West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–1 L 01 Mar Sheffield United FC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Apr Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–0 D 29 Mar Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–1 D 15 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC A 2–1 W 11 Mar Luton Town FC H 1–2 L 08 Mar Sunderland AFC A 1–2 L 04 Mar Burnley FC H 1–2 L Key Stats
42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Queens Park Rangers FC0-151/416-301/231-45–/–46-601/161-751/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Loftus Road will turn into a battlefield for Queens Park Rangers FC and Cardiff City FC.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cardiff City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' 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.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Cardiff City FC that had 372 games and scored 398 goals.
- 28' Cardiff City FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 30' It’s gonna be a card for Liam Morrison.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 45' Cardiff City 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.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Callum Robinson. He replaces Isaak Davies on 46 minute.
- 47' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Joel Bagan is replaced by Jesper Daland on 47 minute.
- 52' 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.
- 53' Jonathan Varane is replacing Sam Field for the Queens Park Rangers FC side.
- 54' Queens Park Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Bennie is hanging Lucas Andersen on the field on 54 minute.
- 59' 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 Cian Ashford suffering a number of foals already.
- 61' Another change for Queens Park Rangers FC made on 61 minute. Min-hyuk Yang leaves to be changed by Kieran Morgan.
- 66' The whistle greets Cian Ashford as he departs to be replaced by Yakou Meite.
- 71' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 76' Queens Park Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 81' Jack Colback has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 51 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 86' Lucas Andersen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Sam Field ↓ Jonathan Varane 53'
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25
Lucas Andersen ↓ Daniel Bennie 54'
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28
Alfie Lloyd ↓ Karamoko Dembele 54'
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47
Min-hyuk Yang ↓ Kieran Morgan 61'
Bench
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- 24
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Karamoko Dembele ↑ 54'
- 13
- 20
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40
Jonathan Varane ↑ 53'
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27
Daniel Bennie ↑ 54'
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21
Kieran Morgan ↑ 61'
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Coach Marti CifuentesCardiff City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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23
Joel Bagan ↓ Jesper Daland 47'
- 27
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39
Isaak Davies ↓ Callum Robinson 46'
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- 15
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Will Alves ↓ Ollie Tanner 47'
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45
Cian Ashford ↓ Yakou Meite 66'
Bench
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Yakou Meite ↑ 66'
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47
Callum Robinson ↑ 46'
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Jesper Daland ↑ 47'
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Ollie Tanner ↑ 47'
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Coach Omer Riza -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nahki Wells 3 Kenneth Paal 2 Lyndon Dykes 2 Joe Ralls 2 Zan Celar 2 Andre Gray 2 Bright Osayi-Samuel 2 Will Vaulks 1 Head to Head
Queens Park Rangers FC Form
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 2025-03-11 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2025-03-08 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2025-03-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–2 Sheffield United FC LCardiff City FC Form
2025-04-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D 2025-03-29 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2025-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2025-03-11 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Luton Town FC L 2025-03-08 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2025-03-04 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Burnley FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.12 Queens Park Rangers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.97 Cardiff City FC xGI would bet for: Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.09Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw 71%Draw or Cardiff City FC 60%Queens Park Rangers FC or Cardiff City FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 12.6%0 – 1 10.7%2 – 0 7.4%2 – 1 7.3%1 – 2 6.3%0 – 2 5.5%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 1 2.8%3 – 0 2.7%1 – 3 2.1%Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC
Handicap Queens Park Rangers FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 22% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 18% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.