QPR face first away test
Having made a hugely encouraging start to their Championship season by crushing Leeds United at Loftus Road last weekend, QPR face Cardiff City in the Welsh capital later today.
R’s boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, whose playing career included a spell at Cardiff, will be looking for more of the same from his players and they look to make it two wins out of two.
We’ll have team news, live updates and post-match reaction from the Cardiff City Stadium later.
Referee: James Linington (Newport, Isle of Wight)
BetVictor.com preview: Punters fancy QPR against Cardiff
Vital statistic: QPR have kept a clean sheet on five of their last seven trips to Cardiff, while the last three matches between the sides have ended in draws.
Injuries and suspensions
CARDIFF CITY
Ruled out: Stuart O’Keefe (broken arm).
QPR
Ruled out: Ariel Borysiuk (ankle), Jamie Mackie (ankle), Jack Robinson (knee).
Fitness test: Joel Lynch (abdominal strain)
Possible line-ups
Subs from: Moore, Morrison, Ajayi, James, Tutonda, Gunnarsson, Adeyemi, Kennedy, Harris, Huws, Zohore.
QPR: Smithies; Onuoha, Caulker, Hall, Bidwell; Cousins, Luongo; Gladwin, Chery, El Khayati; Polter.
Subs from: Ingram, Lumley, Furlong, Perch, Lynch, Kpekawa, Tozser, Petrasso, Henry, Prohouly, Washington, Shodipo.
Facts and figures
FORM GUIDE (last five league matches)
Cardiff: D D L W L (5 points) • Home: D W D W W (11 points)
QPR: W W L D L (7 points) • Away: L L D D D (3 points)
TOP SCORERS (league only)
Cardiff: None.
QPR – 1: Chery, Onuoha, Polter.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
16 Apr 2016: Cardiff 0 QPR 0
15 Aug 2015: QPR 2 Cardiff 2
23 Apr 2011: Cardiff 2 QPR 2
27 Nov 2010: QPR 2 Cardiff 1
17 Apr 2010: QPR 0 Cardiff 1
Cardiff 1 win, QPR 1 win, 3 draws
