Middlesbrough vs QPR Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd September 2023

Middlesbrough enjoy home advantage, when visitors QPR swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Middlesbrough rank 22 with one point to their name from four matches, while visitors QPR rank 19 in the table on three points.

Middlesbrough have so far amassed only a single point from four matches this season. Following their four encounters QPR have scraped together three points which hands them a position number 19 in the Championship standings.

The match on Saturday has all the makings of a tight battle as Middlesbrough and QPR look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Middlesbrough are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded 15 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

QPR travel to their next Championship match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 17 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

QPR lost 3-1 against Middlesbrough in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, QPR handed out in the match before.

Middlesbrough vs QPR Prediction

Middlesbrough Form

Middlesbrough hope for some consistency, as their last three matches added four points to their account. A meeting with Huddersfield resulted in a 1-1 draw, followed by a 4-2 defeat against West Bromwich, before beating Bolton by 1-3. Middlesbrough claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew two and lost two, scored ten goals and conceded six.

Middlesbrough enter the season as candidates for a top three finish, but more than a third place would in the end would be a rather big surprise.

QPR Form

QPR were unable to pick up a single point in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 0-1 by Norwich. Next up, Ipswich won 0-1, before losing 2-1 against Southampton. In their last six Championship away matches, QPR have three wins, they've drawn one and lost one two. They scored eight while also conceding ten times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

QPR naturally hope for a a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the Championship.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Middlesbrough welcome QPR this coming Saturday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

Middlesbrough vs QPR Squads

Middlesbrough Squad

The 42-year-old coach of the home team, Michael Carrick, will select the lineup against QPR from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Jamie Jones (0/0), Seny Dieng (0/4), Thomas Glover (0/0), Dael Fry (0/4), Hayden Coulson (0/2), Matthew Clarke (0/0), Patrick McNair (0/3), Rav van den Berg (0/2), Tom Smith (0/1), Abella Perez Damia (0/0), Anfernee Dijksteel (0/0), Daniel Barlaser (0/2), Darragh Lenihan (0/4), Hayden Hackney (1/4), Jonathan Howson (0/4), Lukas Engel (0/2), Martin Payero (0/0), Matt Crooks (0/4), Riley McGree (0/4), Alex Gilbert (0/0), Cristhian Stuani (0/0), Emmanuel Latte Lath (1/2), Isaiah Jones (0/4), Josh Coburn (0/1), Marcus Forss (1/4), Morgan Rogers (0/4), Samuel Silvera (0/4).

QPR Squad

Listed below is the full squad of QPR players that the manager Gareth Ainsworth will choose from for the upcoming game:

Asmir Begovic (0/4), Joe Walsh (0/0), Jordan Archer (0/0), Aaron Drewe (0/0), Jake Clarke-Salter (0/0), Jimmy Dunne (0/0), Morgan Fox (0/4), Osman Kakay (0/4), Steve Cook (0/0), Ziyad Larkeche (0/0), Albert Adomah (0/2), Andre Dozzell (0/4), Elijah Dixon-Bonner (0/3), Ilias Chair (0/4), Jack Colback (1/2), Kenneth Paal (1/4), Sam Field (0/4), Steven Bala (0/0), Taylor Richards (0/1), Charlie Kelman (0/1), Chris Willock (0/2), Lyndon Dykes (0/2), Paul Smyth (0/4), Sinclair Armstrong (1/4).

Middlesbrough vs QPR Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Middlesbrough, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. For their upcoming match in round 5, Middlesbrough are unable to call upon Tom Smith, who is suspended.

Anfernee Dijksteel sit this one out for Middlesbrough due to an injury.

QPR seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Riverside Stadium to face Middlesbrough.

Jimmy Dunne nurses an injury and won't be travelling with QPR.

Middlesbrough vs QPR Lineups

Middlesbrough vs QPR H2H

Middlesbrough triumphed in a 3-1 win against QPR, the last time they faced off. However, QPR secured a 3-2 win in the match before that. QPR seem to have a bit of a love affair with Middlesbrough, as they have beaten them five times in last ten encounters. The bookies have QPR to win this match at best price odds of 9/2.

Middlesbrough vs QPR Results

Both teams to score came out eight times in the past ten matches between Middlesbrough and QPR. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 8/11 with the bookies.

Middlesbrough vs QPR Betting Tips

Emmanuel Latte Lath hit the target once in six Championship, while Albert Adomah scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both'll be hoping to double that at Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough claimed all three points three times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. QPR won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing four in this series of matches. Goals should be on the menu at Riverside Stadium, with both teams scoring in six of the last 10 matches at home for Middlesbrough. The same outcome paid dividends in five of the last 10 away games for QPR.

Both teams scored eight times in the last ten encounters between Middlesbrough and QPR, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Middlesbrough scored 1.6 goals on average, while QPR pulled 1.7 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Middlesbrough, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of QPR's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.