Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
02/01/2022
15:00
Prediction: 0-1
QPR
St. Andrew’s Stadium will host Sunday’s football game between Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers. The Blues experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-0 loss to Blackburn, with the team dropping to 17th place in the standings. Birmingham City are eager to put an end to their three-match winless run, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against QPR. Adan George is sidelined with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the home team.
The Hoops, on the other hand, aim to stay in the playoffs berth, and they should take advantage of Birmingham City’s current form. Midfielder Andre Dozzell is back from suspension, whilst all McCallum, Owens, and de Wijs miss out through injuries for the visiting team. In the first half of the season QPR defeated Birmingham 2-0, which is yet another reason why away win should be considered.
Highlighted Player (George Friend):
George Friend has played for no less than nine English clubs so far in his career. Friend made his first-team debut for non-League club Exeter City on April 17, 2006 in a goalless draw with Forest Green Rovers and he stayed at St James Park until 2008. After ending his loan spells with Tiverton Town and Team Bath he joined Wolverhampton, but he made no more than seven appearances for the Wolves in the league.
The 188-cm-tall left-back, who is capable of playing as a centre-back as well, played for the likes of Millwall, Southend, Scunthorpe United and Exeter City on loan during his spell with Wolverhampton and at the end of the 2009/2010 season he signed a two-year deal with Doncaster Rovers. Friend made his Doncaster debut on August 7, 2010 in a 2-0 win over Preston and after three years at the club he was sold to Middlesbrough for a fee of £100,000.
The left-footed defender has been playing for Boro ever since and you should know that he made 24 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 Premier League campaign.
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.
