Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th August 2025

Preston face a daunting first assignment in the Championship when they visit the title favourites Queens Park Rangers on the opening day of the new campaign.

Since both Queens Park Rangers and Preston are looking to start their season on a good note, we are in for a tough fight over their first points of the season on Saturday.

Queens Park Rangers are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Preston are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 17 goals, and while Preston claimed zero clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.7 goals per match.

Queens Park Rangers won the last two meetings against Preston, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score.

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Prediction

Queens Park Rangers Form

In their last three games, Queens Park Rangers lost 1-2 against Swansea, got defeated 0-5 by Burnley before winning 0-1 against Sunderland. Queens Park Rangers did not win any of their last six Championship matches at the Loftus Road. They came through these matches with a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded 12 and scored five goals.

Preston Form

A single draw prevents Preston from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short, losing by 2-1 and 1-2 against Hull and Plymouth, respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation, as they were able to hang on for a 2-2 draw against Bristol City. Preston came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by ten goals to five.

Queens Park Rangers and Preston are both scoring more or less for fun right now, and a very entertaining game should be on the menu. More often than not, their matches against each other turn out high scoring affairs.

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Squads

Queens Park Rangers Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Julien Stephan, will select the lineup against Preston from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Joe Walsh (0/0), Paul Nardi (0/0), Amadou Salif Mbengue (0/0), Esquerdinha (0/0), Jake Clarke-Salter (0/0), Jimmy Dunne (0/0), Kealey Adamson (0/0), Liam Morrison (0/0), Steve Cook (0/0), Ziyad Larkeche (0/0), Daniel Bennie (0/0), Elijah Dixon-Bonner (0/0), Harvey Vale (0/0), Ilias Chair (0/0), Jonathan Varane (0/0), Karamoko Dembele (0/0), Kieran Morgan (0/0), Kwame Poku (0/0), Nicolas Madsen (0/0), Sam Field (0/0), Taylor Richards (0/0), Alfie Lloyd (0/0), Michael Frey (0/0), Paul Smyth (0/0), Rayan Kolli (0/0), Rumarn Burrell (0/0), Zan Celar (0/0).

Preston Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Preston players that the manager Paul Heckingbottom will choose from for the upcoming game:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), David Cornell (0/0), Jack Walton (0/0), James Pradic (0/0), Andrew Hughes (0/0), Jordan Storey (0/0), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kacper Pasiek (0/0), Lewis Gibson (0/0), Liam Lindsay (0/0), Odel Offiah (0/0), Pol Valentin (0/0), Thierry Small (0/0), Alistair McCann (0/0), Andrija Vukcevic (0/0), Ben Whiteman (0/0), Brad Potts (0/0), Jordan Thompson (0/0), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (0/0), Noah Mawene (0/0), Robert Brady (0/0), Stefan Thordarson (0/0), Daniel Jebbison (0/0), Jeppe Okkels (0/0), Michael Smith (0/0), Milutin Osmajic (0/0), Will Keane (0/0).

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Team News

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Lineups

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston H2H

Queens Park Rangers had a good reading on Preston in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 2-1, respectively. Queens Park Rangers have been slightly more successful than Preston in recent meetings. With a 6-1-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Queens Park Rangers has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 7/5.

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Preston and Queens Park Rangers. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 4/5 with the bookies.

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston Betting Tips

Look no further than Karamoko Dembele, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Queens Park Rangers in the Championship, while Milutin Osmajic managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Preston in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Queens Park Rangers claimed two wins, drew four and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Preston won one, drew three and lost six of their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Loftus Road since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Queens Park Rangers. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Preston.

Under 2.5 goals happened four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Queens Park Rangers managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Preston averaging one goal in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Queens Park Rangers, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Preston, who scored 0.9 times on average in these matches.