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

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Championship · 2024-25

Queens Park Rangers FC

0 – 0

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Cardiff City FC

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

Y 28' Rubin Colwill

Liam Morrison 30' Y

Overview

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Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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

8 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game

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 13 games · Avg 2.6 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC 2024-11-27 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2024-01-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2023-08-12 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-12-26 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers FC

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

Cardiff City FC

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

Season Stats

Queens Park Rangers FC		Cardiff City FC
#8	Position	#14
24	Points	18
15	Played	15
6 / 6 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 6 / 5
24	Scored	27
18	Conceded	27
+6	GD	+0
1.60	PPG	1.20
40%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Queens Park Rangers FC are 8th (24 pts). Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 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

Cardiff City FC

0-15

4/6

16-30

3/5

31-45

9/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

5/2

76+

4/3

■ 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

Cardiff City FC

Jack Moylan	10 G	3 A
Yousef Salech	5 G	1 A
Cian Ashford	2 G	2 A
Rubin Colwill	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Queens Park Rangers FC have kicked off against Cardiff City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' Joel Bagan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' Cardiff City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marti Cifuentes will be considering his options from the bench.
25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
28' It’s gonna be a card for Rubin Colwill.
30' Liam Morrison was booked on 30.
35' It looks like no one’s ball. Queens Park Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
40' Queens Park Rangers FC currently sit 15 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
45' Cardiff City FC is showing some good football. However, Cardiff City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
46' Fresh legs for Cardiff City FC! Callum Robinson comes on to replace Isaak Davies.
47' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Joel Bagan is replaced by Jesper Daland on 47 minute.
52' Andy Rinomhota is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Queens Park Rangers FC so far.
53' Jonathan Varane is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sam Field at the 53 minute mark.
54' Daniel Bennie has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lucas Andersen on 54 minute.
59' England international Jack Colback has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
61' Fresh legs for Queens Park Rangers FC! Kieran Morgan comes on to replace Min-hyuk Yang.
66' Fresh legs for Cardiff City FC! Yakou Meite comes on to replace Cian Ashford.
71' The travelling Cardiff City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
76' Queens Park Rangers FC are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Cardiff City FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
81' Queens Park Rangers FC have won 416 goals from 389 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
86' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Queens Park Rangers FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marti Cifuentes

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nahki Wells	3
Perry Ng	2
Joe Ralls	2
Zan Celar	2
Andre Gray	2
Rumarn Burrell	2
Bright Osayi-Samuel	2
Kenneth Paal	2

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 L

Cardiff 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 accuracy

1 / 4

1.59 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 Cardiff City FC xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC46% Draw27% Cardiff City FC27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.73

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

54%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Cardiff City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC33% Draw46% Cardiff City FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

6.5%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.8%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

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