Hull vs QPR prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-12 14:00.
[p]Tenth-placed Hull City’s Championship play-off hopes suffered a blow on Wednesday evening when they were unable to hold on to a 2-1 half-time lead, ending up with just a point against Middlesborough (2-2). The draw means that the Tigers are six points off Norwich City in sixth, although they do still have a game in hand, ahead of this clash with Queens Park Rangers.[/p]
[p]However, with only five matches of the regular season remaining, the reality is that just one win from their last eight games (D5, L2) looks set to cost Liam Rosenior’s side a play-off spot. That poor run could continue here, as they come up against a team that they have beaten only twice in their last eight H2Hs (D2, L4), including a 2-0 defeat at Loftus Road in December.[/p]
[p]That result was QPR’s third successive victory under head coach MartĂ Cifuentes, who had joined the club just over a month earlier with the west Londoners in 23rd place, and he has since masterminded a remarkable turnaround in fortunes which sees the Rs begin this weekend in 16th – four points above the relegation spots. That’s perhaps partly down to their exceptional recent away form, with only one loss on the road since late December (W4, D3, L1).[/p]
[p]Their situation could have been even brighter but for picking up just one point from their last two encounters against fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday. QPR conceded an 85th-minute equaliser at Home Park on Tuesday, with Cifuentes highlighting a lack of “accuracy to close out games”, something he will be desperate to remedy in time for this trip to Humberside.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Jaden Philogene is looking to score for a third straight match and has registered four goals and an assist for Hull since returning from injury at the start of February, although he has also picked up four bookings in that time. Sam Field got QPR’s goal against Plymouth and also assisted the opener in the 2-0 win over the Tigers earlier this season. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: QPR haven’t conceded more than one goal in an away match since Boxing Day.[/p]