Our prediction for this Championship match:
Queens Park Rangers will be looking to put an end to their dreadful winless run when they host in-form Sunderland at Loftus Road this weekend. The Hoops have now gone nine matches without victory across all competitions, struggling with injuries to players such as Liam Morrison, Jack Colback, Kenneth Paal, and Michael Frey. The capital club face a tough test against a Sunderland side riding high on a three-game winning run in the English second tier.
The Black Cats, meanwhile, have shown impressive form lately, and with memories of last season’s 3-1 triumph over QPR in London, they’ll be confident of another positive result. However, Sunderland could be missing forward Wilson Isidor, who is rated doubtful after picking up an injury in a 2-0 win over Oxford United. Given QPR’s ongoing struggles and Sunderland’s fine form, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from the match.
Highlighted Team (QPR):
Queens Park Rangers are well known as QPR. The capital club was founded in 1886 and Loftus Road Stadium is QPR’s ground. Loftus Road Stadium was opened in 1904 and the capacity of the venue 18,439. However, it has to be noted that no less than 35,353 spectators watched the game between QPR and Leeds on 27 April, 1974.
The Hoops finished the 1975/1976 First Division campaign in second position in the standings, just behind champions Liverpool. This is considered the club’s biggest success, but Queens Park Rangers made it to the FA Cup final in 1982 as well.
QPR were beaten by fellow capital club Tottenham Hotspur in the title game, but they did well to lift the League Cup trophy in 1967. Queens Park’s main rivals are Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham, but other clubs based in London are considered QPR’s rivals as well. The colour of QPR’s shirts is blue and white.