England Championship / Preston North End vs Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

 

Analysis:

The 6th-placed Preston North End will play host Queens Park Rangers (QPR) who are ranking 9th on Saturday’s Championship.

 

Preston North End

Preston North End beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 away from home last outing, and this has been their fourth victory in the last five rounds. However, their defensive forms need to be improved, since they had only one clean sheet in those five rounds when they won over Swansea 1-0, also, four out of these five were ended with over 2.5 goals.

 

Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

Queens Park Rangers (QPR) failed to win any of their last six rounds and even lost five of them, and the poor run results them out of the top six. They haven’t score any single goal in five of this progress, and they have conceded two goals or more the latest three rounds.

 

Verdict:

Preston are the favorites of this clash. Although Preston didn’t keep lot of clean sheets, they will impose their defenses in this round. QPR are winless in the previous six, thus I will support a home victory in this round.

 

Pick: Preston North End to win

 

England Championship - Queens Park Rangers (QPR) vs Blackpool Prediction

 

 

Analysis:

Loftus Road Stadium will host a game between Queens Park Rangers and Blackpool on the evening of Tuesday.

 

Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

This season, they have a record of 1W-1D-1L and are tenth in the League standings. With an average goal differential of zero, they place more emphasis on offense than defense. They have two draws continuously in the most recent games.

 

Blackpool

They have a strong start to the year by defeating Reading at home 1-0. However, they have gone three games without a victory and scoring a goal. According to data from the previous season, they do poorly on the road, with a 22% away win rate.

 

Verdict:

There’s a gap between two sides. QPR take the upper hand over Blackpool in the past head to head games with 4W-5D-1L. What’s more, QPR have the home advantage. So the victory is tending to the host.

 

Pick: 1

 

England Championship - Sunderland A.F.C vs Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Prediction

 

Analysis:

Sunderland A.F.C

It took Sunderland long period of time to fall back into the England Championship but they have made a great start in their bid to remain there. Sunderland getting back in the second tier of English football is a good thing for the league given the size of their club and the way they kick start the season shows they belong at this level. At least this game should be a decent confrontation in front of a great crowd.

 

Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

Queens Park Rangers (QPR) have only managed to win one of their league games. However, with 3 competitive games played QPR notably was unable to win either of the 2 games on the road, they were defeated on opening day to Blackburn Rovers and were knocked out from the League Cup after losing to League One side Charlton Athletic on penalties. Queens Park Rangers maybe have set their sights on a top six finish at the beginning of this season, but it already looks like they will have their work cut out to make that a perfect reality. Anyway, it is still very early and a victory in this clash would quickly put their past 2 away matches in the rear view mirror.

 

Verdict :

Sunderland A.F.C have really made a strong start back in the Championship having taken 4 good points from their first 2 matches and they will hope to bank another three points when the referee blows the final whistle. I quite believe believe this will be a low scoring affair. Sunderland have not seen 3 goals in the past four home game. Meanwhile QPR last five away games fall under the 2.5 goals cut off. The last 3 H2H duel between both teams have also seen under 2.5 goals.

 

1x2 Pick: 1X

 

O/U Goals: Under 3.5 Goals