In the EFL Championship on Saturday, Queens Park Rangers take on Watford at the Loftus Road Stadium in an effort to end their lengthy losing streak. The Hoops have only won one of their next 19 matches, a 1-0 away victory against Preston North End, after winning nine of their first 16 games.
The west London team, on the other hand, has lost each of their last five matches and gone 12 games without a victory since that December victory. QPR are currently 20th in the league standings and are getting closer and closer to entering a relegation battle with only 39 points from 35 games.
Watford, on the other hand, sits in 10th place in the EFL Championship standings, only 12 points ahead of QPR and three games ahead of them this season. The Hornets will be eager to get back to winning ways here after losing 1-0 to Sheffield United and being held goalless by Preston North End last weekend.
Prediction
In the past, Watford have had a poor record against QPR, even losing their first match of the season. However, the Hoops have since gone off the boil, and the Hornets will have hope of getting all three points here because of their terrible run of form right now.
Prediction: Watford beat Queens Park Rangers 1-2.
Head-To-Head
- In the 116 previous meetings between the teams, QPR has prevailed 52 times over Watford and lost 33 times.
- Both of QPR’s victories over Watford—a 2-1 victory in February 2021 and a 3-2 victory in August 2022—came away from home.
- In their last seven matches, Watford has only defeated QPR once, by a score of 1-0 in the FA Cup in February 2019.
- For the first time since the top-flight season of 1986–87, QPR are aiming to win the league twice over Watford.
- QPR have lost their last five association matches, last losing all the more sequentially in January to February 2019 (seven in succession).
- QPR have lost nine of their last ten league games at home. The Hoops have only lost ten of their last ten league games at home once before, in December 1968 and March 1969.
Team News
Gareth Ainsworth, manager of QPR, has a healthy group to choose from, so he doesn’t have any concerns about his fitness going into this game.
Chris Wilder, the Watford manager, has to worry about only one fitness issue out of a group of mostly full-strength players. Imrân Louza won’t play because of an ankle injury. Due to her suspension, Kortney Hause will not be able to participate in this game.
Betting Tips
Result: Watford
Objectives over/under 2.5: Both teams to score over 2.5: Yes, the best current betting odds on the full-time result market are 3.12 for Queens Park Rangers, 3.25 for a drawn result, and 2.42 for a Watford win. They are the current market prices that are most competitive and can be secured.
For this match, our knowledgeable partners are tipping over 1.5 goals.
Where to watch
- SportPlus.
- Twitch.
- VIX+