Jake Bidwell has been left out for the game at Loftus Road, where Pawel Wszolek, Matt Smith, Jordan Cousins and the fit-again James Perch are recalled to the QPR starting line-up.
Rangers boss Ian Hollloway has made five changes, with Bidwell dropping to the bench along with youngster Aramide Oteh.
Massimo Luongo is out injured and there is no place in the squad for Paul Smyth despite his apparent recovery from a thigh strain.
Perch plays for the first time since suffering a broken kneecap in August. But Grant Hall is out again.
Barnsley, meanwhile, are without the suspended Dimitri Cavare.
Pre-deadline signing Matt Mills makes his debut for the Tykes.
QPR: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Robinson, Scowen, Cousins, Freeman, Wszolek Smith, Washington.
Subs: Ingram, Bidwell, Manning, Baptiste, Eze, Osayi-Samuel, Oteh.
Barnsley: Townsend, Yiadom, Mills, Lindsay, Pinillos, Moncur, Gardner, Williams, Hammill, Bradshaw, Moore
Subs: Davies, McBurnie, Mahoney, Hedges, Thiam, Pearson, Mallan.
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