Championship · Match preview
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 
Cardiff City
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Loftus Road
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Match overview
Final score: Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Cardiff City.
Queens Park Rangers are 9th in the Championship table with 17 points from 11 matches; Cardiff City are 19th with 11 points from 11.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Queens Park Rangers W D W D L; Cardiff City D L D D W.
In their last 5 settled matches Queens Park Rangers scored 1.6 and conceded 1.2 goals per game; Cardiff City scored 1.8 and conceded 1.8 in their last 5.
The Championship averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.2. Over 2.5 landed in 70% and both teams scored in 90% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Cardiff City to win at 54% probability; it did not come in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Cardiff City to win
- Probability
- 54%
- Outcome
- Did not come in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Championship record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 60% | 80% | 20% |
| Cardiff City | 5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 80% | 100% | 0% |
Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Championship table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 4-5-2 | 15:12 | 17 |
| 19. | Cardiff City | 11 | 2-5-4 | 18:17 | 11 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Queens Park Rangers
- ABlackburn Rovers1–2W
- HBolton Wanderers0–0D
- APortsmouth1–3W
- HMillwall1–1D
- HAFC Wimbledon2–3L
Cardiff City
- HSheffield United2–2D
- HNorwich City1–2L
- ADerby County2–2D
- HWrexham1–1D
- HSwindon Town3–2W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.