Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2026-27

Queens Park Rangers FC

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Full Time

Cardiff City FC

Wed 2 Sep 2026 · 18:45 UTC Loftus Road HT 45' · FT 45'

Rumarn Burrell 36' 1–0

Rumarn Burrell 53' 2–0

2–1 75' Perry Ng

Y 48' Ollie Tanner

Y 78' Perry Ng

Overview

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

Queens Park Rangers FC 10 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 10 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	10	23
2	Middlesbrough FC	10	21
3	West Ham United FC	10	19
4	Birmingham City FC	10	17
5	Queens Park Rangers FC	10	17
6	West Bromwich Albion FC	10	17
7	Southampton FC	10	16
8	Stoke City FC	10	16
9	Blackburn Rovers FC	10	15
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	9	14
11	Millwall FC	10	14
12	Bristol City FC	10	14
13	Charlton Athletic FC	10	14
14	Bolton Wanderers FC	10	13
15	Sheffield United FC	10	12
16	Portsmouth FC	9	11
17	Wrexham AFC	10	11
18	Lincoln City FC	10	11
19	Cardiff City FC	10	10
20	Norwich City FC	10	9
21	Burnley FC	10	8
22	Watford FC	10	8
23	Derby County FC	10	6
24	Preston North End FC	10	4

Head-to-Head

Queens Park Rangers FC 13 games · Avg 2.6 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-02 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC 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

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Cardiff City FC	H	2–1	W
29 Aug	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
22 Aug	Bolton Wanderers FC	H	0–0	D
15 Aug	Portsmouth FC	A	3–1	W
02 May	Ipswich Town FC	A	0–3	L
25 Apr	Derby County FC	H	2–3	L

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–2	L
29 Aug	Sheffield United FC	H	2–2	D
22 Aug	Derby County FC	A	2–2	D
17 Aug	Wrexham AFC	H	1–1	D
02 May	Mansfield Town FC	A	4–5	L
25 Apr	Northampton Town FC	H	5–1	W

Season Stats

Queens Park Rangers FC		Cardiff City FC
#5	Position	#19
17	Points	10
10	Played	10
4 / 5 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 4 / 4
15	Scored	16
9	Conceded	15
+6	GD	+1
1.70	PPG	1.00
40%	Win %	20%

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

0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Queens Park Rangers FC are 5th (17 pts). Cardiff City FC are 19th (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cardiff City FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/4

31-45

4/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

3/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Queens Park Rangers FC

Paul Smyth	3 G
Ilias Chair	2 G	1 A
Rumarn Burrell	2 G	1 A
Koki Saito	1 G

Cardiff City FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Queens Park Rangers FC vs Cardiff City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Queens Park Rangers FC and Cardiff City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' Queens Park Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Calum Scanlon has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' 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.
25' Ollie Tanner is a natural forward and has been asked to do a very specific job for Queens Park Rangers FC tonight.
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
35' Jimmy Dunne has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
36' Rumarn Burrell makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Queens Park Rangers FC are in front.
41' Queens Park Rangers FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
46' Cardiff City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Willock is hanging Cian Ashford on the field on 46 minute.
48' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Ollie Tanner on 48 minutes.
53' The deadlock is broken! Rumarn Burrell gets on the scoresheet on 53 minutes.
58' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
63' A quiet spell here at Loftus Road. Cardiff City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
68' Cian Ashford has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
71' Time for substitution for Queens Park Rangers FC. Nicolas Madsen is replaced by Jonathan Varane.
72' A tactical swap from Queens Park Rangers FC — Jake Clarke-Salter on, Tariq Lamptey off on 72 minutes.
75' Against the run of play, Perry Ng has scored! This game has turned on its head.
78' Cardiff City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 78.
81' The Queens Park Rangers FC bench stirs into life. Alfie Lloyd is withdrawn and Ilias Chair gets his opportunity.
86' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
89' Callum Robinson is replacing Alex Robertson for the Cardiff City FC side.
Full Time. Queens Park Rangers FC beats Cardiff City FC

Lineups

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

3
Jimmy Dunne
18
Glen Kamara ↓ Dennis Cirkin 72'
16
Rumarn Burrell
24
Nicolas Madsen ↓ Jonathan Varane 71'
48
Tariq Lamptey ↓ Jake Clarke-Salter 72'
5
Ronnie Edwards
14
Koki Saito
15
Alfie Lloyd ↓ Ilias Chair 81'
27
Amadou Salif Mbengue ↓ Kealey Adamson 72'
20
Harvey Vale
1
Pierce Charles

Bench

10
Ilias Chair ↑ 81'
11
Paul Smyth
6
Jake Clarke-Salter ↑ 72'
40
Jonathan Varane ↑ 71'
19
Dennis Cirkin ↑ 72'
25
Justin Obikwu
2
Kealey Adamson ↑ 72'
22
Richard Kone
13
Calum Ward

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

47
Callum Robinson ↑ 89'
5
Krystian Bielik ↑ 46'
14
David Turnbull
16
Chris Willock ↑ 46'
30
Harry Tyrer
39
Isaak Davies ↑ 89'
27
Joel Colwill ↑ 81'
44
Ronan Kpakio
33
Rob Tankiewicz

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2026-09-02 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC W 2026-08-29 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2026-08-22 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Bolton Wanderers FC D 2026-08-15 Portsmouth FC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2026-05-02 Ipswich Town FC 3–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2026-04-25 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–3 Derby County FC L

Cardiff City FC Form

2026-09-02 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2026-08-29 Cardiff City FC 2–2 Sheffield United FC D 2026-08-22 Derby County FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D 2026-08-17 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC D 2026-05-02 Mansfield Town FC 5–4 Cardiff City FC L 2026-04-25 Cardiff City FC 5–1 Northampton Town FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.81 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 Cardiff City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC54% Draw24% Cardiff City FC22%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

46%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Cardiff City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC37% Draw44% Cardiff City FC19%

Actual: Queens Park Rangers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.7%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

1 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	22%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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