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 11 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Middlesbrough FC 11 games · 22 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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

6 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	11	23
2	West Ham United FC	11	22
3	Middlesbrough FC	11	22
4	Birmingham City FC	11	20
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	11	20
6	Stoke City FC	11	19
7	Southampton FC	11	17
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	10	17
9	Queens Park Rangers FC	11	17
10	Blackburn Rovers FC	11	15
11	Sheffield United FC	11	15
12	Millwall FC	11	15
13	Portsmouth FC	10	14
14	Wrexham AFC	11	14
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	11	14
16	Bristol City FC	11	14
17	Charlton Athletic FC	11	14
18	Lincoln City FC	11	12
19	Cardiff City FC	11	11
20	Watford FC	11	11
21	Norwich City FC	11	9
22	Burnley FC	11	8
23	Derby County FC	11	6
24	Preston North End FC	11	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
#9	Position	#3
17	Points	22
11	Played	11
4 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	6 / 4 / 1
15	Scored	22
12	Conceded	16
+3	GD	+6
1.55	PPG	2.00
36%	Win %	55%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

Queens Park Rangers FC are 9th (17 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 3rd (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

3/3

31-45

5/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

3/2

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/2

46-60

5/4

61-75

5/3

76+

5/1

■ 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

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear

9 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Loftus Road. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' It looks surprising Middlesbrough FC does not make any changes. Rokas Pukstas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Queens Park Rangers FC in their 3-5-2 trying to find a way past Middlesbrough FC's compact 3-4-2-1.
14' Queens Park Rangers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Koki Saito is hanging Ilias Chair on the field on 14 minute.
19' Middlesbrough FC come into this ranked 6 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' William Lankshear puts Middlesbrough FC on the lead.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Queens Park Rangers FC and Middlesbrough FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Northern Ireland international Paul Smyth has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kim Hellberg might look to freshen things up shortly.
39' Queens Park Rangers FC ring the changes. Richard Kone has done his job and it is now time for Rumarn Burrell to step up.
44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Queens Park Rangers FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
49' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
54' The travelling Middlesbrough FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
55' Middlesbrough FC make a change. William Lankshear trudges off to be replaced by Myles Peart-Harris on 55 minutes.
58' The referee shows Middlesbrough FC player a card on 58.
63' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
67' Fresh legs for Queens Park Rangers FC! Tariq Lamptey comes on to replace Dennis Cirkin.
71' Another substitution for Middlesbrough FC to replace Max Arfsten by Alfie Jones on 71 minute.
72' The crowd applauds Ashley Phillips as he leaves the pitch. Luke Ayling steps in for Middlesbrough FC.
76' That looks like a foul for a card for Callum Brittain.
81' Middlesbrough FC have won 484 goals from 391 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
84' The Middlesbrough FC bench stirs into life. Sebastian Berhalter is withdrawn and Rokas Pukstas gets his opportunity.
89' Middlesbrough 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.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Glen Kamara is booked for Queens Park Rangers FC — card on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

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
Chris Willock	3
Chuba Akpom	3
Marcus Forss	2
Riley McGree	2
Nahki Wells	2
Jonathan Howson	2
Lyndon Dykes	2
Emmanuel Latte Lath	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

1 / 4

1.16 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Middlesbrough FC xG

I would bet for: Queens Park Rangers FC or Middlesbrough FC 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Queens Park Rangers FC28% Draw28% Middlesbrough FC44%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Queens Park Rangers FC or Draw

56%

Draw or Middlesbrough FC

72%

Queens Park Rangers FC or Middlesbrough FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Queens Park Rangers FC21% Draw47% Middlesbrough FC32%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 0

8.7%

0 – 2

7.8%

1 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

5.2%

1 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

3.9%

2 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Queens Park Rangers FC

Handicap	Queens Park Rangers FC covers	Push	Middlesbrough FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	16%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	22%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	14%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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