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

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Championship · 2026-27

Queens Park Rangers FC

0 – 1

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Middlesbrough FC

Sat 5 Sep 2026 · 14:00 UTC Loftus Road HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 20' William Lankshear

Y 58' Adilson Malanda

Y 76' Callum Brittain

Glen Kamara 90' Y

Overview

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Queens Park Rangers FC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship at Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
Middlesbrough FC 7 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andy Madley
Assistant 1 Shaun Hudson
Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

5 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Queens Park Rangers FC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Middlesbrough FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC 2026-03-08 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–4 Middlesbrough FC 2025-12-13 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC 2025-03-11 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC 2024-11-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–4 Middlesbrough FC

Recent Form

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	H	0–1	L
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

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–0	W
02 Sep	Burnley FC	A	1–1	D
29 Aug	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	3–1	W
22 Aug	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–2	L
15 Aug	Lincoln City FC	H	2–1	W
23 May	Hull City AFC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Queens Park Rangers FC		Middlesbrough FC
#5	Position	#3
13	Points	14
8	Played	7
3 / 4 / 1	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 1
10	Scored	14
7	Conceded	10
+3	GD	+4
1.63	PPG	2.00
38%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

Queens Park Rangers FC are 5th (13 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 3rd (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

4/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

3/3

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Queens Park Rangers FC

Ilias Chair	2 G	1 A
Rumarn Burrell	2 G	1 A
Koki Saito	1 G

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear

6 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Loftus Road will turn into a battlefield for Queens Park Rangers FC and Middlesbrough FC.
5' Alfie Jones is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Middlesbrough FC tonight.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
14' It is a substitution in Queens Park Rangers FC team. Ilias Chair is replaced by Koki Saito on 14 minute.
19' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' William Lankshear puts Middlesbrough FC on the lead.
25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Rokas Pukstas, as he is very good at scoring at Loftus Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Middlesbrough FC that had 388 games and scored 475 goals.
35' Middlesbrough FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
39' Queens Park Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rumarn Burrell is hanging Richard Kone on the field on 39 minute.
44' Paul Smyth needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 30 Yellow cards this season.
49' Richard Kone has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
54' Ashley Phillips is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Queens Park Rangers FC so far.
55' The supporters are chanting for Myles Peart-Harris. He replaces William Lankshear on 55 minute.
58' The referee shows Middlesbrough FC player a card on 58.
63' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jake Clarke-Salter made 282 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
67' The crowd applauds Dennis Cirkin as he leaves the pitch. Tariq Lamptey steps in for Queens Park Rangers FC.
71' The crowd applauds Max Arfsten as he leaves the pitch. Alfie Jones steps in for Middlesbrough FC.
72' The whistle greets Ashley Phillips as he departs to be replaced by Luke Ayling.
76' It’s gonna be a card for Callum Brittain.
81' Middlesbrough FC come into this ranked 6 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
84' A change in the Middlesbrough FC ranks — Sebastian Berhalter exits the field as Rokas Pukstas enters on 84.
89' Middlesbrough FC have won 475 goals from 388 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
90' Glen Kamara picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Middlesbrough FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

18
Glen Kamara ↑ 67'
16
Rumarn Burrell ↑ 39'
24
Nicolas Madsen ↑ 67'
48
Tariq Lamptey ↑ 67'
14
Koki Saito ↑ 14'
15
Alfie Lloyd
40
Jonathan Varane
2
Kealey Adamson
13
Calum Ward

Coach Julien Stéphan

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

2
Callum Brittain
8
Riley McGree ↓ Tommy Conway 55'
30
Neto Borges
6
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Rokas Pukstas 84'
10
Aidan Morris
22
Kyle Joseph
29
Adilson Malanda
4
Ashley Phillips ↓ Luke Ayling 72'
1
Radek Vitek
17
Max Arfsten ↓ Alfie Jones 71'
7
William Lankshear ↓ Myles Peart-Harris 55'

Bench

Coach Kim Hellberg

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Chuba Akpom	3
Chris Willock	3
Matty Crooks	2
Britt Assombalonga	2
Tommy Conway	2
Ilias Chair	2
Rob Dickie	2
Marcus Forss	2

Head to Head

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2026-09-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC L 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

Middlesbrough FC Form

2026-09-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC W 2026-09-02 Burnley FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-08-29 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2026-08-22 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC L 2026-08-15 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Lincoln City FC W 2026-05-23 Hull City AFC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.08 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Middlesbrough FC xG

I would bet for: Middlesbrough FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC28% Draw29% Middlesbrough FC43%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Middlesbrough FC

72%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Middlesbrough FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC21% Draw49% Middlesbrough FC30%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

10.6%

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 0

0 – 2

7.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 3

0 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Middlesbrough FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	17%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	22%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

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