QPR vs Norwich – QPR will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-3 Championship loss in their previous game against Coventry City.
In that encounter, Queens Park Rangers had 47% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Coventry City had 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. Viktor Gyökeres (10′, 88′) and Gustavo Hamer (86′) scored for Coventry City.
Queens Park Rangers have been fairly poor in offense in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opponent clubs over the course of their last 6 encounters.
In those games, Queens Park Rangers have also seen the number of goals against them climb to 15. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.
Heading into this encounter, Queens Park Rangers haven’t beaten Norwich City in their last 5 league outings. After a loss in their previous game against Middlesbrough in Championship play, Norwich City and their fans will aim to obtain a better outcome this time.
In the game, Norwich City managed 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Norwich City was Josh Sargent (45′).
For their opponents, Middlesbrough had 8 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Aaron Ramsey (7′), Hayden Hackney (41′), Cameron Archer (43′, 45′) and Chuba Akpom (49′) scored for Middlesbrough.
The attacking players for Norwich City have had major difficulty scoring goals over their past 6 encounters, garnering the disappointing return of only 4.
In those encounters, The Canaries have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 7. Ahead of this meeting, Norwich City had not been beaten by Queens Park Rangers in away games against them for the last 2 meetings in the league.
QPR vs Norwich – Betting Analysis
A glance at their prior head-to-head confrontations extending back to 02/04/2018 reveals us that QPR have won 1 of these and Norwich City 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The R’s and 10 coming from The Canaries. That equals 2.67 goals per game on average.
The last league meeting between these sides was Championship match day 19 on 02/11/2022 when the final score was Norwich City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers.
In the game, Norwich City managed 66% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Queens Park Rangers had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them hitting target. Andy Davies served as the judge.
Gareth Ainsworth, the manager of QPR, will be appreciative that he has no fitness concerns whatsoever going into this match and has a completely healthy group available to choose from.
With Seny Dieng, Jimmy Dunne, Robert Dickie, Leon Balogun, Kenneth Paal, Albert Adomah, Sam Field, Andre Dozzell, Ilias Chair, Lyndon Dykes, and Chris Martin, The R’s could very well use the 4-4-2 formation this time.
There is only one fitness concern for Norwich City manager David Wagner to deal with out of a mostly full squad. Przemyslaw Placheta is unable to play in this match due to a bruised shin bone.
The Canaries are likely to send out Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Andrew Omobamidele, Jakob Sörensen, Sam McCallum, Liam Gibbs, Gabriel Sara, Marquinhos, Josh Sargent, Onel Hernandez, and Teemu Pukki in a 4-2-3-1 formation, in our opinion.
We believe that Queens Park Rangers will have to exert a lot of pressure throughout the course of the game to score goals against this Norwich City lineup, who we believe should score at least once to take the lead.
What are the top odds for the game?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the 90 min. result market, a victory for Queens Park Rangers can be had for 3.2, going for the draw is 3.36 and staking on a victory for Norwich City can be had at 2.3. These are the most competitive market prices available at present.
QPR vs Norwich – Head -to- Head
Our Prediction: Under 3.5 Goals
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