Coventry vs QPR prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-05-03 11:30.
[p]Missing out on the play-offs had already been confirmed for Coventry prior to Tuesday’s defeat at home against automatic promotion-chasing Ipswich. Confirming a fifth consecutive season in the Championship in 2024/25 after the troubles the club has faced in the recent past will be some consolation at least, but it could have been so much better for the Sky Blues, as a run of just one victory across their last seven league games (D1, L5) – and none in the last five (D1, L4) – put paid to their chances of some post-season action.[/p]
[p]Coventry’s aim now will be to finish the campaign on a high after two straight defeats at home. Hopes will be high that they can achieve that as Mark Robins’ side haven’t lost any of their final league games in the last four seasons (W2, D2) while City have won the last three H2Hs against opponents QPR. They are also unbeaten on the three occasions in which the two sides have met in the final league game of a season (W2, D1), with the most recent one back in 1987/88.[/p]
[p]Rangers have, however, won their final league game in three of the last five seasons (D1, L1) and they now have the shackles off after securing their safety with an eye-catching 4-0 home win over another automatic promotion-chasing team in Leeds last time out. It’s been an impressive turnaround in form for the west London side, with nine wins in their last 18 (D5, L4) assuring their survival in what has been a difficult season.[/p]
[p]The Hoops are more than capable of springing a surprise on the road, considering they have picked up more points away from home than some of the teams occupying a play-off berth heading into the final day (26). Victory away to Coventry isn’t unheard of where QPR are concerned either, as they are unbeaten in five of the last ten away H2Hs (W4, D1, L5) dating back to the turn of the millennium.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Coventry’s Haji Wright netted his 16th league goal of the season on Tuesday night, and his 13th in the second half of a game. Ilias Chair is the only player who has scored 3+ league goals on the road for QPR across the campaign, and he is in form after three goal contributions last time out against Leeds (G1, A2).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Since Martà Cifuentes’ appointment at the end of October, QPR have recorded 11 clean sheets, with only Leeds (13) boasting a better record than that in the Championship across the same timeframe.[/p]