Queens Park Rangers FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Queens Park Rangers FC

1 – 3

Full Time

Coventry City FC

Sat 30 Sep 2023 · 14:00 UTC Loftus Road HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 56' Ellis Simms

0–2 60' Josh Eccles

0–3 68' Ellis Simms

Kenneth Paal 90' 1–3

Y 51' Jay Dasilva

Paul Smyth 53' Y

Sinclair Armstrong 63' Y

Steve Cook 65' Y

Y 75' Jamie Allen

Andre Dozzell 77' Y

Overview

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

Queens Park Rangers FC 46 games · 58 pts (2026/27)
Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tom Nield
Assistant 1 Alex James (England)
Assistant 2 Craig Taylor

Standings

#	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

Queens Park Rangers FC 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Coventry City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-30 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Coventry City FC 2023-04-15 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–3 Coventry City FC 2022-11-12 Coventry City FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-01-22 Coventry City FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2021-08-28 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–0 Coventry City FC

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
02 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	A	2–0	W
26 Aug	Southampton FC	A	1–2	L

Coventry City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	3–1	W
25 Sep	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–1	D
19 Sep	Cardiff City FC	A	2–3	L
15 Sep	Hull City AFC	A	1–1	D
02 Sep	Watford FC	H	3–3	D
26 Aug	Sunderland AFC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Queens Park Rangers FC		Coventry City FC
#15	Position	#1
58	Points	95
46	Played	46
16 / 10 / 20	W / D / L	28 / 11 / 7
61	Scored	97
73	Conceded	45
-12	GD	+52
1.26	PPG	2.07
35%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Queens Park Rangers FC are 15th (58 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Coventry City FC gets underway.
4' The Queens Park Rangers FC bench stirs into life. Morgan Fox is withdrawn and Jake Clarke-Salter gets his opportunity.
6' Poor challenge from Kyle McFadzean. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
11' Coventry City FC have won 474 goals from 374 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
16' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Queens Park Rangers FC and Coventry City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
21' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Queens Park Rangers FC and Coventry City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
26' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Queens Park Rangers FC that had 378 games and scored 398 goals.
31' Coventry City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
36' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Queens Park Rangers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' Queens Park Rangers FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
51' The referee calls foul for Jay Dasilva. He receives a Yellow card.
53' A moment of madness from Paul Smyth on 53 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Queens Park Rangers FC will be frustrated.
56' Ellis Simms has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 56 minutes.
60' Josh Eccles makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Coventry City FC are in front.
61' Queens Park Rangers FC make a change. Chris Willock trudges off to be replaced by Sinclair Armstrong on 61 minutes.
63' Sinclair Armstrong catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 63.
65' Queens Park Rangers FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
68' Assisted by Jamie Allen with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ellis Simms makes no mistake. 0-3!
73' 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.
75' Jamie Allen was booked on 75.
77' The referee calls foul for Andre Dozzell. He receives a Yellow card.
79' Coventry City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yasin Ayari is hanging Jamie Allen on the field on 79 minute.
84' Both keepers have barely been tested. Queens Park Rangers FC and Coventry City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
89' Ilias Chair has been relatively quiet despite scoring 37 goals in his last 378 appearances.
90' GOAL! Kenneth Paal fires home to make it 1-3!
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Queens Park Rangers FC 1-3 Coventry City FC.

Lineups

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

8
Sam Field
1
Asmir Begovic
5
Steve Cook
17
Andre Dozzell
15
Morgan Fox ↓ Jake Clarke-Salter 4'
2
Osman Kakay
10
Ilias Chair
11
Paul Smyth
22
Kenneth Paal
9
Lyndon Dykes
7
Chris Willock ↓ Sinclair Armstrong 61'

Bench

Coach Gareth Ainsworth

Coventry City FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mark Robins

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Viktor Gyokeres	5
Ellis Simms	2
Ilias Chair	2
Yoann Barbet	2
Lyndon Dykes	2
Kyle McFadzean	1
Kenneth Paal	1
Callum O'Hare	1

Head to Head

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

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 2023-09-02 Middlesbrough FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2023-08-26 Southampton FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L

Coventry City FC Form

2023-09-30 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Coventry City FC W 2023-09-25 Coventry City FC 1–1 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2023-09-19 Cardiff City FC 3–2 Coventry City FC L 2023-09-15 Hull City AFC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-09-02 Coventry City FC 3–3 Watford FC D 2023-08-26 Coventry City FC 0–0 Sunderland AFC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.19 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.32 Coventry City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC23% Draw24% Coventry City FC53%

Actual: Coventry City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

46%

Draw or Coventry City FC

77%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Coventry City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC16% Draw39% Coventry City FC45%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

9.3%

1 – 1

9.1%

0 – 2

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

6.5%

0 – 3

2 – 2

5.5%

2 – 1

4.8%

0 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 4

4.1%

0 – 4

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Coventry City FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	11%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	39%	—	61%
+1	39%	21%	40%
+1.5	60%	—	40%
+2	60%	18%	22%
+2.5	78%	—	22%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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