Preston v QPR line-ups: Three Rangers changes, youngster makes debut, PNE duo return

Belgian youngster Ilias Chair makes his league debut for QPR at Deepdale.

Chair, 20, comes in for the suspended Luke Freeman, while defender Alex Baptiste has been passed fit after shaking off a minor injury.

Rangers, without a number of sidelined defenders, make three changes, with Pawel Wszolek and David Wheeler also starting.

There is a place on the bench for forward Paul Smyth – a summer signing from Linfield. Jamie Mackie and Conor Washington are up front.

Preston captain Tom Clarke starts for the first time since April and the home side have Ben Pearson back from suspension.

Preston: Maxwell, Clarke, Pearson, Brown, Hugill, Gallagher, Fisher, Davies, Huntingdon, Robinson, Barkhuizen.
Subs: Rudd, Boyle, O’Connor, Welsh, Pringle, Harrop, Horgan.

QPR: Smithies, Baptiste, Robinson, Bidwell, Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Chair, Wheeler, Mackie, Washington.
Subs: Lumley, Cousins, Manning, Smith, Goss, Smyth, Sylla.