Thursday , 2 July 2026

Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Sat 5 Apr 2025 · 14:00 UTC Loftus Road 17,066 HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FCChampionship at Loftus Road.

Match Details

  • Referee Dean Whitestone
  • Assistant 1 Daniel Leach
  • Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Queens Park Rangers FC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' It looks surprising Queens Park Rangers FC does not make any changes. Liam Morrison has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' The travelling Cardiff City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 28' It’s gonna be a card for Rubin Colwill.
  • 30' It’s gonna be a card for Liam Morrison.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
  • 45' It’s high time Omer Riza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Isaak Davies is replaced by Callum Robinson on 46 minute.
  • 47' The whistle greets Joel Bagan as he departs to be replaced by Jesper Daland.
  • 52' Queens Park Rangers 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.
  • 53' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Varane. He replaces Sam Field on 53 minute.
  • 54' Daniel Bennie is replacing Lucas Andersen for the Queens Park Rangers FC side.
  • 59' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 61' The supporters are chanting for Kieran Morgan. He replaces Min-hyuk Yang on 61 minute.
  • 66' Yakou Meite is replacing Cian Ashford for the Cardiff City FC side.
  • 71' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 76' 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.
  • 81' 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.
  • 86' Ronnie Edwards needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.12 Queens Park Rangers FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.97 Cardiff City FC xG
I would bet for: Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Queens Park Rangers FC40% Draw31% Cardiff City FC29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.09
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
Queens Park Rangers FC26% Draw54% Cardiff City FC20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 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.