Queens Park Rangers vs Watford · Championship
Queens Park Rangers
16-8-16
2 – 1
FT
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Watford
14-14-12
MATRADE Loftus Road · London · England
One goal separated them as Queens Park Rangers beat Watford 2-1 at MATRADE Loftus Road (crowd 17,532); QPR have now won 3 straight. The goal that settled it came from Rayan Kolli at the 26-minute mark and Paul Smyth widened the gap after 63 minutes; a goal from Imran Louza late on, at 85 minutes cut it to 2-1. Yellow cards: ten. Watford kept the ball 54% of the time and shot 7 times, QPR 15. QPR hit the target 8 times from 15 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- MATRADE Loftus Road · London · England
- Crowd
- 17,532
- Referee
- Ruebyn Ricardo
- QPR form
- DDWLD
- Watford form
- LLLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| QPR | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Watford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
20Fouls15
6Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
1Offsides2
2Corner Kicks3
2Saves6
46.2%Possession53.8%
15Shots7
8On Goal3
50%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
249Accurate Passes306
335Passes394
70%Pass Completion %80%
8Accurate Crosses2
17Crosses17
50%Cross %10%
56Long Balls64
21Accurate Long Balls32
40%Long Balls %50%
3Blocked Shots2
9Effective Tackles4
14Tackles14
60%Tackle %30%
7Interceptions10
30Effective Clearances21
30Clearances21
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+1'
🟨Imran Louza
🟨Kwame Poku
90'+1'
🟨Amadou Salif Mbengue
87'
85'2 - 1
⚽Imran Louza
85'
🔁Vivaldo Semedoreplacing Saba Goglichidze
🟨Richard Kone
84'
🔁Kwame Pokureplacing Harvey Vale
79'
73'
🔁Kwadwo Baahreplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
🔁Koki Saitoreplacing Paul Smyth
72'
⚽Paul Smyth
63'2 - 0
62'
🟨Saba Goglichidze
🟨Paul Smyth
61'
57'
🔁Nampalys Mendyreplacing Pierre Ekwah
57'
🔁Amin Nabizadareplacing Edoardo Bove
57'
🔁Mamadou Doumbiareplacing Nestory Irankunda
49'
🟨Pierre Ekwah
🔁Daniel Benniereplacing Rayan Kolli
45'
Half-time · 1-0
🟨Jimmy Dunne
30'
🟨Rayan Kolli
29'
⚽Rayan KolliAssist: Paul Smyth
26'1 - 0
23'
🟨Edoardo Bove
Kick-off
Teams
Queens Park Rangers4-4-2
26⚽🟨↓Kolli
22🟨Kone
40Varane
11⚽🟨↓Smyth
21Morgan
20↓Vale
18Norrington-Davies
37Edwards
27🟨Mbengue
3🟨Dunne
13Walsh
Bench
- 29Ben Hamer
- 14Koki Saitoon for Paul Smyth, 72'
- 5Steve Cook
- 17Kwame Pokuon for Harvey Vale, 79' 🟨
- 23Daniel Bennieon for Rayan Kolli, 45'
- 15Isaac Hayden
- 2Kealey Adamson
- 6Jake Clark-Salter
- 28João Henrique
Watford4-4-2
10⚽🟨Louza
9Kjerrumgaard
17🟨↓Ekwah
8↓Chakvetadze
15🟨↓Bove
66↓Irankunda
29Petris
3🟨↓Goglichidze
4Keben
6Pollock
1Selvik
Bench
- 34Kwadwo Baahon for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 73'
- 23Nampalys Mendyon for Pierre Ekwah, 57'
- 50Joshua Mullins
- 27Formose Mendy
- 18Vivaldo Semedoon for Saba Goglichidze, 85'
- 53Amin Nabizadaon for Edoardo Bove, 57'
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 7Tom Ince
- 20Mamadou Doumbiaon for Nestory Irankunda, 57'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
1QPR wins
1Level
3Watford wins
Last times they met
FT
Watford
2–1
QPR · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
QPR
3–1
Watford · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Watford
0–0
QPR · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
QPR
1–2
Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Watford
4–0
QPR · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: QPR
L2-0L4-0L1-0W3-1W6-1
Last games: Watford
W2-1D1-1L3-1W3-1D0-0
