QPR vs Stoke prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-11-27 19:45.
Queens Park Rangers manager Martà Cifuentes insists his side are getting better, despite their failure to win any of their three matches since he took the reins last month (D2, L1). The London outfit were beaten 1-0 at Norwich on Saturday, a second successive fixture without scoring, but the boss was keen to see the positives, describing the performance as “our best game since I arrived.”
Translating those performances into results is now key for the relegation-threatened Rs, who haven’t played below the second tier for 20 seasons, but are now six points adrift of safety in the Championship relegation zone. The defeat at Carrow Road was a twelfth game without a victory (D4, L8), and supporters may have little confidence of ending that run on home soil, where they have picked up just one league win since October 2022 (D5, L16).
Such form will give visitors Stoke hope of ending their barren run in front of goal. The Potters have now failed to hit the back of the net in three successive matches (D2, L1) after suffering a 3-0 trouncing at the hands of Blackburn on Saturday, mustering just one shot on target and leading manager Alex Neil to concede his side “didn’t have enough to break them down.”
That run is threatening to derail the club’s push for a return to the Premier League after a six-year absence, as they have sunk into the bottom half of the table. The Potters’ H2H record against QPR inspires little confidence of a revival either, as they have won only two of the last ten meetings between the two teams (D4, L4), with that run including three 0-0 draws at Loftus Road!
Key battle: Experienced QPR defender Steve Cook has never kept a clean sheet in a home game against Stoke (W1, D2, L2), with his side conceding at least twice on four occasions. Stoke, meanwhile, may be hoping striker Dwight Gayle, who’s netted first or last in his last ten goalscoring appearances, can end their and his own personal goal drought.
Hot streak: None of the last six H2Hs have seen both teams score.