QPR vs Middlesbrough prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-03-08 15:00.
[p]There was late drama in midweek for Queens Park Rangers, who scored late in the day to secure a 2-2 draw against promotion-chasing West Brom, in turn extending their unbeaten run to four league matches (W3, D1). That run has seen the Rs move out of the relegation zone, although their work is far from done as the gap to the bottom-three remains at the slenderest of margins, just a solitary point. [/p]
[p]QPR can at least take solace in the fact they’re unbeaten in five home H2Hs against Middlesbrough (W2, D3) – despite conceding exactly two goals in three of the last four. And that is a run that could very well continue as none of the last five sides to visit Loftus Road have come away with three points (W2, D3), though a return of no clean sheets across the last four games in that sequence suggests MartĂ Cifuentes’ men remain vulnerable.[/p]
[p]It looked like it was going to be another dreary evening for Middlesbrough as they fell 1-0 behind early on against Norwich in midweek, before a red card and a flurry of goals saw Michael Carrick’s men win 3-1. That victory was only their second across their last nine outings however (W2, D2, L5), so they’ll hope it isn’t another false dawn much like their 2-1 win over Leicester, which was followed by a pair of 2-0 defeats against lowly opponents.[/p]
[p]Dreams of the play-offs have been all-but squashed by that horrific run of form as a yawning ten-point gap stretches out between themselves and the top-six with games quickly running out. Boro’s all or nothing approach to away games has seen them only win or lose across their last 11 competitive trips (W5, L6), and that is exactly the sort of marauding style they must rely on if they are to achieve the unthinkable and revive their promotion push. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: QPR’s Sam Field has contributed to goals in his last two appearances (G2, A1) but is more known for his ill-discipline, having picked up at least ten yellow cards in each of the last three league seasons. As for Middlesbrough, Emmanuel Latte Lath scored his first goal since his long injury layoff in their midweek victory, ending his run of two losing goalscoring appearances. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Boro are winless in eight of their last nine away league games in London (D5, L3). [/p]