QPR v Reading: match preview, team news, facts and figures
Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)
Match in a nutshell: QPR will be hoping to end a statistical oddity against Reading – there has not been a home win in the last seven meetings between the two sides.
BetVictor.com preview: R’s eyeing a top-half finish and favourites against Royals
Injuries and suspensions
QPR
Ruled out: Jamie Mackie (hamstring), Paul Konchesky (calf).
READING
Ruled out: Hal Robson-Kanu (thigh), Jordan Obita (hamstring), Aaron Tshibola (hamstring), Paul McShane (suspended), Danny Williams (suspended).
Fitness tests: Chris Gunter (groin).
Possible line-ups
Subs from: Ingram, Lumley, Robinson, Kpekawa, Angella, Tozser, Diakite, Gladwin, Faurlin, Petrasso, El Khayati, Washington.
Reading: Al Habsi; Gunter, Hector, Cooper, Taylor; Norwood, Evans; McCleary, Vydra, Quinn; Cox.
Subs from: Bond, Moore, Watson, Ferdinand, Kuhl, Fernandez, Barrett, John, Piazon, Rakels, Kermorgant.
Vital statistics
Form guide – last five league matches
QPR total: L D W D L (5 points)
Home: W L W W W (12 points)
Reading total: L L L L W (3 points)
Away: L L W L L (3 points)
Top scorers – all competitions
QPR: Austin 10, Chery 10; Phillips 8; Polter 7; Hoilett 6; Emmanuel-Thomas 5; Onuoha 3; Angella 1, El Khayati 1, Fer 1, Hill 1, Mackie 1, Tozser 1.
Reading: Blackman 13; Vydra 9; Williams 6; McCleary 5, Piazon 5, Robson-Kanu 5, Sa 5; John 4; Norwood 3; Cooper 2, Hector 2, Kermorgant 2, Rakels 2; Cox 1, Fernandez 1, Gunter 1, McShane 1.
Last five meetings
3 December 2015: Reading 0 QPR 1
16 February 2014: QPR 1 Reading 3
9 November 2013: Reading 1 QPR 1
28 April 2013: Reading 0 QPR 0
4 November 2012: QPR 1 Reading 1
QPR 1 wins, Reading 1 win, 3 draws
